Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 21 December 2009
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Focusing on the Elizabethan era in England, a period from about 1550 to 1603, this title shows various examples of the fascinating clothing worn by everyone from the noblemen and middle classes to the countryfolk and military men. England during the time of Queen Elizabeth I is well-known to students as the time of Shakespeareâ s plays and other courtly drama. Photographs and illustrations from popular plays and movies show vivid examples of Elizabethan dress.
Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 20 December 2009
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Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth by Tom Stoppard
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth are two plays by Tom Stoppard, written to be performed together. This was not the first time that Stoppard had made use of Shakespearian texts in his own plays or even the first time he had used Hamletalthough the context is far different from that of his earlier Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.
The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. Molly Mahood pays special attention to the expectations of the play's first audience, and to our modern experience of seeing and hearing the play.
Added by: Mr Anas | Karma: 35.42 | Fiction literature | 18 December 2009
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William Shakespeare, or this updated edition of Twelfth Night, Penny Gay has written a wholly new Introduction to this well-loved Shakespearean comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the play's delicate balance between romance and realism and its exploration of gender, sexuality and identity. In examining the stage history, Professor Gay suggests that contemporary critical theory could have much to offer twenty-first-century directors and actors.
