This introductory guide to one Shakespeare's most read and performed plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.
With annotations that provide valuable context and insights, this edition invites you to journey into the enchanting realm of fairies, magic, and romantic folly.
Presents Shakespeare's popular comedy of love and mistaken identity.
In this study of A Midsummer Night's Dream, James Calderwood calls on psychoanalysis, feminism, anthropology and metadrama, to demonstrate the profound complexity of the play. He shows how Shakespeare explores...
K. Chesterton This Norton Critical Edition includes: • Shakespeare’s most popular comedy—with its unforgettable love triangles, woodland fairies, and magic—based on Grace Ioppolo’s conflated text (Q1 with F1 variants) and ...
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The Present Study Aims At Making The Text More Accessible To The Serious Student Of Shakespeare. Besides Providing The Socio-Political Milieu Of Shakespeare S Time, It Gives A Scene-Wise Critical Summary Of The Text.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The second title in David Zwirner Books’s Seeing Shakespeare series revisits the ultimate fairy tale through the eyes of a contemporary artist who feels a special affinity for its imagery.
Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle9 cal instrument of hay. Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.10 titania: I have a venturous fairy that shall seek The squirrel's hoard, and fetch thee new nuts. bottom: I had rather have a ...
Shakespeare in Three Steps: A Midsummer Night's Dream