Brown King Lear

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-137-01914-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Shakespeare Handbooks

An introductory guide to King Lear in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, John Russell

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor's Preface.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Texts and Early Performances.- Commentary.- The Play's Sources and Cultural Context.- Key Productions and Performances.- The Play on Screen.- Critical Assessments.- Further Reading.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN RUSSELL BROWN is Honorary Professor at University College London, UK, and has held chairs of English and Theatre in both England and the USA, directed plays in student and professional theatres, and was Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre. His previous publications include Shakespeare: The Tragedies, Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event and Shakespeare Dancing, all of which are published by Palgrave Macmillan.