Description
Product ID: | 9781408133477 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Arden Shakespeare Third Series |
Title: | The Tempest |
Authors: | Author: William Shakespeare, Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan, Professor Alden T. Vaughan |
Page Count: | 416 |
Subjects: | Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare plays |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Tempest isone of Shakespeare's enduringly popular and much-studied later plays. The introduction has been extended to focus on new scholarship about the play's first production and to take account of major theatre and film versions since first publication in 1999, including Julie Taymor's 2010 film starring Helen Mirren. The Tempest is one of Shakespeare''s most popular plays, both in the classroom and in the theatre, and this revision brings the Arden 3 edition right up-to-date. A completely new section of the introduction discusses new thinking about Shakespeare''s sources for the play and examines his treatment of colonial themes, as well as covering key productions since this edition was first published in 1999. Most importantly it looks at Julie Taymor''s ground-breaking 2010 film starring Helen Mirren as "Prospera." Alden and Virginia Vaughan''s edition of The Tempest is much valued for its authority and originality and their revision brings it up-to-date, making it even more relevant and useful to students and theatre practitioners. |
Imprint Name: | The Arden Shakespeare |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-08-15 |