The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide

by Emma Smith

2021-01-08 22:23:58

Are you studying Shakespeare and looking for a handy summary of plots, characters and interpretations? Or are you a keen theatregoer wanting essential background on the Shakespeare plays you see on stage? Ideal for students and theatre enthusiasts al... Read more
Are you studying Shakespeare and looking for a handy summary of plots, characters and interpretations? Or are you a keen theatregoer wanting essential background on the Shakespeare plays you see on stage? Ideal for students and theatre enthusiasts alike, this lively and authoritative guide presents key information, clearly set out, on all Shakespeare''s dramatic and poetic works, covering plots and people, sources, context, performance history and major themes. Ordered alphabetically for easy reference, each play entry features a ''key facts'' box providing informative and revealing statistics, including a breakdown of each play''s major roles. The guide is illustrated with striking performance photographs throughout, and also provides brief accounts of Shakespeare''s life and language, Shakespeare in print and theatre in Shakespeare''s time. This is an indispensable reference source for all students and theatregoers. Less

Book Details

File size8.11 X 5 X 0.59 in
Print pages258
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date March 22, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521195232
Author
Professor Emma Smith is lecturer in English at the University of Oxford, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, and a Fellow of Hertford College....

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