Shakespeare : texts and contexts
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Shakespeare : texts and contexts
（Shakespeare : text and performance）
Macmillan in association with The Open University , St. Martin's Press, 2000
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- : uk : pbk
- : us : cloth
- : us : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: uk : hbk ISBN 9780333913161
Description
This work focuses on both the texts of Shakespeare's plays, and the many contexts in which they have been produced, from their first performances to contemporary reproductions. This book introduces nine of Shakespeare's major plays: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Richard II", "Macbeth", "Antony and Cleopatra", "Hamlet", "Twelfth Night", "Measure for Measure", "King Lear", and "The Tempest". In addition, there are two shorter intervals, one describing the original theatrical contexts for the plays, and the other discussing the different textual versions of the plays available to us. The chapters focus on the critical practices of close reading, historical contextualisation and a question and answer teaching style. There is also detailed attention to Shakespeare on stage, on film and in the new communications technologies and new theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's plays.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- D. Johnson A Midsummer Night's Dream
- P. Rixon Interval 1: Shakespeare's Theatre
- H. Hackett Richard II
- M. Healy Macbeth
- S. Regan Antony and Cleopatra
- C. P. Havely Interval 2: Editing Shakespeare's Plays
- A. Thompson & N. Taylor Hamlet
- A. Thompson & N. Taylor Twelfth Night
- P. Rixon Measure for Measure
- D. Walder King Lear
- G. Martin & S. Regan The Tempest
- P. Scorer Afterword
- K. Ryan Index
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: uk : pbk ISBN 9780333913178
Description
Shakespeare: Texts and Contexts focuses on both the texts of Shakespeare's plays, and the many contexts in which they have been produced, from their first performances to contemporary reproductions. This book introduces nine of Shakespeare's major plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, King Lear and The Tempest. In addition, there are two shorter intervals, one describing the original theatrical contexts for the plays, and the other discussing the different textual versions of the plays available to us. The chapters focus on the critical practices of close reading, historical contextualisation and a lively question-and-answer teaching style. There is also detailed attention to Shakespeare on stage, on film and in the new communications technologies and new theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's plays.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- D. Johnson.- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- P. Rixon.- Interval 1: Shakespeare's Theatre
- H. Hackett.- Richard II
- M. Healy.- Macbeth
- S. Regan.- Antony and Cleopatra
- C. P. Havely.- Interval 2: Editing Shakespeare's Plays
- A. Thompson & N. Taylor.- Hamlet
- A. Thompson & N. Taylor.- Twelfth Night
- P. Rixon.- Measure for Measure
- D. Walder.- King Lear
- G. Martin & S. Regan.- The Tempest
- P. Scorer.- Afterword
- K. Ryan.- Index.
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