The Merchant of Venice
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The RSC Shakespeare
ISBN-10
023024386X
ISBN-13
9780230243866
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
The RSC Shakespeare
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 3rd, 2010
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
222 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 13.20 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Shakespeare playsShakespeare studies & criticism
Ksh 2,100.00
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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.
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.
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