Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern. This introductory guide offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.
The only introduction to Measure for Measure on the market which offers a theatrical commentary enabling students to get a sense of the plays as performance texts
A userfriendly guide to Measure for Measure which helps readers towards their own informed and imaginative view of the play
Responds to the increasing focus on the play as performance in English literature courses and the growth in student numbers on undergraduate Theatre and Performance courses
The series editor is an internationally well regarded scholar of Shakespeare
P. Edmondson
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