From the Royal Shakespeare Company a fresh new edition of
Shakespeare's most loved comedy.
This book includes:
An introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream by award-winning
scholar Jonathan Bate
The play with clear explanatory notes on each page
A scene-by-scene analysis
An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan
theatre
A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play
The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see
it or participate in it. This book presents a historical overview
of A Midsummer Night's Dream in performance, recommends film
versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and
includes interviews with three leading Directors Michael Boyd ,
Gregory Doran and Tim Supple 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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'Jonathan Bate writes with as much elegance as insight about the making of theatre and the creation of the plays.' -Richard Eyre, The Sunday Telegraph 'Footnotes at the bottom of each page gloss unfamiliar 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
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) gilt als einer der größten Dichter und Dramatiker der Weltgeschichte. Er verfasste zahlreiche Dramen, Tragödien, Komödien und Gedichte, mit denen er schon zu Lebzeiten Anerkennung und Wohlstand errang. Aber erst in den folgenden Jahrhunderten wurde er zum Prototypen des literarischen Genies, ohne den die Entwicklung der neueren Literatur von Goethe über Brecht bis in die Gegenwart hinein undenkbar ist.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction to the Play Magical thinking Metamorphosis The festive world 'The poet's eye ... the poet's pen' Introduction to the Text Key Facts A Midsummer Night's Dream Textual Notes Scene-by-scene Analysis A Midsummer Night's Dream in Performance: the RSC and Beyond Four Centuries of the Dream : An Overview At the Royal Shakespeare Company The Director's Cut: interviews with Michael Boyd, Gregory Doran, Tim Supple Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology Further Reading and Viewing Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
