Description
| Product ID: | 9780230243866 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Title: | The Merchant of Venice |
| Authors: | Author: Jonathan Bate, Prof. Eric Rasmussen |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Shakespeare studies & criticism, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's bittersweet comedy of courtship and ethnic tension. From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare''s bittersweet comedy of courtship and ethnic tension THIS EDITION INCLUDES: * An introduction to The Merchant of Venice 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 The Merchant of Venice in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and two actors – Darko Tresnjak, David Thacker, Anthony Sher and Henry Goodman - 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. |
| Imprint Name: | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-03-03 |
