Much Ado About Nothing (The RSC Shakespeare) - Tapa blanda

Rasmussen, Prof. Eric; Bate, Jonathan

 
9780230232105: Much Ado About Nothing (The RSC Shakespeare)
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ISBN 10: 0230232108 ISBN 13: 9780230232105
Editorial: The RSC Shakespeare, 2009

Sinopsis

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy of the battle between the sexes. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Much Ado About Nothing in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are three interviews with two leading directors and an actor – Marianne Elliott, Nicholas Hytner and Harriet Walter – 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.

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Acerca de los autores

Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK.

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From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's much-loved comedy of the battle between the sexes

THIS EDITION INCLUDES:
- An illuminating introduction to Much Ado About Nothing 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 Much Ado About Nothing in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actor - Nicholas Hytner, Marianne Elliott and Harriet Walter - 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.

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Editorial
The RSC Shakespeare
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0230232108
ISBN 13 
9780230232105
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
200
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ISBN 10:  1980645086 ISBN 13:  9781980645085
Editorial: Independently published, 2018
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