Love's Labour's Lost
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Beschreibung
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy.
This book includes:
* An introduction to Love's Labour's Lost 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 Love's Labour's Lost in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with three leading Directors – Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran– 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.
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Love's Labour's Lost in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare’s career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare’s works for the twenty-first century.- An exemplary introduction to Love's Labour's Lost by award-winning scholar Sir 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
- A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play
- Photographs of classic or unusual performances illustrate different interpretations open to actors or directors
- Interviews with three leading directors - Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran
- An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre
- A key facts 'box' summarizing the plot, major roles, language and sources
- A clear, single-column page design
- Recommendations for further reading on key critical approaches and the play in performance, along with recommended viewing
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Eric Rasmussen
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