The Comedy of Errors

Informationen zum Autor Eric Rasmussen, Jonathan Bate Klappentext From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of The Comedy of Errors in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors - Paul Hunter, Nancy Meckler and Tim Supple - providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung This new edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Paul Hunter, Nancy Meckler and Tim Supple, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction About the Text Key Facts The Comedy of Errors Textual Notes Scene-by-Scene Analysis The Comedy of Errors in Performance: The RSC and Beyond Four Centuries of The Comedy of Errors: An Overview At the RSC The Director's Cut: interviews with Paul Hunter, Nancy Meckler and Tim Supple Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology Further Reading and Viewing References Acknowledgements and Picture Credits

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan Bate, Jonathan (University of Oxford Bate, Bate Jonathan, Eric Rasmussen, Prof. Eric (University of Nevada Rasmussen, Prof. Eric (USA) Rasmussen, William Shakespeare
• Con la collaborazione di: Jonathan Bate (Editore), Eric Rasmussen (Editore)
• Editore: Red Globe Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2011
• EAN: 9780230284128
• ISBN: 978-0-230-28412-8
• Pagine: 164
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: The RSC Shakespeare; Royal Shakespeare Company; The RSC Shakespeare; Présentoir boîte colis plein; Royal Shakespeare Company
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean