The Winter's Tale: Third Series

Shakespeare, William

ISBN 10: 1903436354 / ISBN 13: 9781903436356

Verlag: Arden Shakespeare, 2010

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1903436354I5N00

Inhaltsangabe:

One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the "lost" daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione.

John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. As the recent Sam Mendes production at the Old Vic shows, this is a play that can work a kind of magic in the theatre.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Winter's Tale: Third Series
Verlag: Arden Shakespeare
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 3. Auflage