The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2nd Edition
£9.99
Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare
- Real Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: Kurt Schlueter, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
- Date Published: April 2012
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521181693
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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. In this second edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Kurt Schlueter approaches Shakespeare's early comedy as a parody of two types of Renaissance educational fiction: the love-quest story and the test-of-friendship story, which in combination show high-flown human ideals as incompatible with each other and with human nature. Since the first known production at David Garrick's Drury Lane Theatre, the play has tempted major directors and actors, though changing conceptions of the play often fail to recognise its subversive impetus. This updated edition includes a new introductory section by Lucy Munro on recent stage and critical interpretations, bringing the thoroughly researched, illustrated performance history up to date.
Read more- Presents thorough coverage of the play's theatrical tradition, including early productions, containing a range of illustrations from key performances
- Addresses issues such as friendship and the play's relationship with its sources, and contains clear explanatory notes
- Includes a new introductory section which covers recent critical and stage interpretations, bringing this edition completely up to date
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: April 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521181693
- length: 180 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 153 x 9 mm
- weight: 0.3kg
- contains: 16 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction: date
Themes and criticism
Structure and sources
Speed and Lance
The outlaws
Stage history
Recent stage and critical interpretations by Lucy Munro
List of characters
The play
Textual analysis
Appendix: a further note on stage directions
Reading list.
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