Author: Peter UrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
William Shakespeare, the problem plays: Troilus and Cressida ; All's well that ends well: Measure for measure ; Timon of
Author: Peter UreMeasure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and All's Well that Ends Well
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0307422100
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.
Much ado about nothing. All's well that ends well. Measure for measure. Troilus and Cressida
Author: William ShakespeareThe Complete Pelican Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0141000589
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1810
Book Description
This major new complete edition of Shakespeare's works combines accessibility with the latest scholarship. Each play and collection of poems is preceded by a substantial introduction that looks at textual and literary-historical issues. The texts themselves have been scrupulously edited and are accompanied by same-page notes and glossaries. Particular attention has been paid to the design of the book to ensure that this first new edition of the twenty-first century is both attractive and approachable.
Troilus and Cressida
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Given the wealth of formal debate contained in this tragedy, Troilus and Cressida was probably written in 1602 for a performance at one of the Inns of the Court. Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer andShakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene. In the introduction the various problems connected with the play, its performance, and publication, are considered succinctly; its multiple sources are discussed in detail, together with its peculiar stage history and its renewed popularity in recentyears.
Measure for Measure
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN: 9780758778864
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Presents the complete texts of three plays by Shakespeare, introductions for each play, an essay on the play in performance, a listing of key passages, and annotated bibliographies.
All's Well That Ends Well Annotated
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Set in France and Italy, All's Well That Ends Well is a story of one-sided romance, based on a tale from Boccaccio's The Decameron. Helen, orphaned daughter of a doctor, is under the protection of the widowed Countess of Rossillion. In love with Bertram, the countess' son, Helen follows him to court, where she cures the sick French king of an apparently fatal illness. The king rewards Helen by offering her the husband of her choice. She names Bertram; he resists. When forced by the king to marry her, he refuses to sleep with her and, accompanied by the braggart Parolles, leaves for the Italian wars. He says that he will only accept Helen if she obtains a ring from his finger and becomes pregnant with his child. She goes to Italy disguised as a pilgrim and suggests a 'bed trick' whereby she will take the place of Diana, a widow's daughter whom Bertram is trying to seduce. A 'kidnapping trick' humiliates the boastful Parolles, whilst the bed trick enables Helen to fulfil Bertram's conditions, leaving him no option but to marry her, to his mother's delight.
Measure for Measure ; All's Well that Ends Well ; And, Troilus and Cressida
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. Annotation. An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.
Troilus and Cressida, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure
Author: Barbara Howard TraisterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cressida (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Shakespeare's Problem Plays
Author: Simon BarkerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137208902
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This New Casebook offers a wide-ranging selection of contemporary critical readings of Shakespeare's three 'problem plays': All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Trolius and Cressida. Together, they reflect the diversity of late twentieth-century theory and the controversy that continues to be generated by the plays, and discuss a variety of key issues. These include the meaning of the term 'problem play', the historical context and political and cultural significance of the plays, as well as issues of staging and theatre history. The volume also provides a helpful introduction which guides the reader through the critical approaches, terms and debates, as well as explanatory notes for each essay and a useful section on further reading.