Description
Product ID: | 9780230232136 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The RSC Shakespeare |
Title: | Henry IV, Part I |
Authors: | Author: Eric Rasmussen, Jonathan Bate |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Shakespeare studies & criticism |
Description: | Select Guide Rating From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's tragi-comedy of youth and age, introducing the immortal Sir John Falstaff. From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare''s tragi-comedy of youth and age, introducing the immortal Sir John Falstaff THIS EDITION INCLUDES: • An illuminating introduction to Henry IV Part I by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate • The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page • A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play • An introduction to Shakespeare''s career and the Elizabethan theatre • A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of Henry IV Part I in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actor– Michael Boyd, Adrian Noble and Michael Pennington – so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made ''our contemporary'' four centuries after his death. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare''s works for the twenty-first century. |
Imprint Name: | Red Globe Press |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-08-26 |