Henry IV, Part II
en Hardback – 25 aug 2009
THIS EDITION INCLUDES:
• An illuminating introduction to Henry IV Part II 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 II 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230232143
ISBN-10: 0230232140
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 134 x 205 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0230232140
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 134 x 205 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction
About the Text
Key Facts
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth
Quarto Passages that do not Appear in the Folio
Textual Notes
Scene-by-scene Analysis
Henry IV in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Henry IV: An Overview
At the Royal Shakespeare Company
Actor and Director: Interviews with Michael Boyd, Adrian Noble and Michael Pennington
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
About the Text
Key Facts
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth
Quarto Passages that do not Appear in the Folio
Textual Notes
Scene-by-scene Analysis
Henry IV in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Henry IV: An Overview
At the Royal Shakespeare Company
Actor and Director: Interviews with Michael Boyd, Adrian Noble and Michael Pennington
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
Recenzii
'Footnotes at the bottom of each page gloss unfamiliar items of vocabulary, paraphrase tricky meanings and uncover bawdy puns. There is a universe to be found in these annotations: the Renaissance world of power and fate, sex and death, language and philosophy.' - Times Educational Supplement
Notă biografică
JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'.
ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.
ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.
Caracteristici
This is the first edition of Henry IV Part 2 to be developed by and for the RSC, the world's leading Shakespeare theatre company and it includes unique material to help the reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page
Interviews with important Shakespearean directors Michael Boyd and Adrian Noble and actor Michael Pennington, discussing key productions of the play at the RSC
Outstanding on-page notes which explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience, including the slang, political references and bawdy humour often ignored or censored in competing editions
Includes scene-by-scene summary, offering an easily understandable way into the play
Completely new introduction by Jonathan Bate, exploring the text and critical debates around it
Summary of the play's performance history at the RSC and elsewhere
Illustrated with photographs of classic and unusual performances
Interviews with important Shakespearean directors Michael Boyd and Adrian Noble and actor Michael Pennington, discussing key productions of the play at the RSC
Outstanding on-page notes which explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience, including the slang, political references and bawdy humour often ignored or censored in competing editions
Includes scene-by-scene summary, offering an easily understandable way into the play
Completely new introduction by Jonathan Bate, exploring the text and critical debates around it
Summary of the play's performance history at the RSC and elsewhere
Illustrated with photographs of classic and unusual performances