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Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'
Articles reprinted from Shakespeare Survey

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John Barton, Gareth Lloyd Evans, Nicholas Brooke, R. L. Smallwood, Roger Warren, Elizabeth Pope, James Black, Harriet Hawkins, Kenneth Muir, R. A. Yoder, Michael Jamieson
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  • Date Published: February 1982
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521283717

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  • These articles, reprinted from various volumes of Shakespeare Survey, concern three plays which have gradually become appreciated by critics and in the theatre. Since the early years of this century they have been seen as an interrelated group, with a peculiarly twentieth-century appeal. Measure for Measure, concerned as it is with adolescents' first encounters with sex, love and death, has a special appeal for young people; Troilus and Cressida, set in the Trojan War, has been found deeply relevant to our own war-troubled times; and All's Well That Ends Well, sharing these preoccupations, is a necessary companion piece. John Barton, who has directed all three plays, is interviewed in one of the articles, which together illustrate the often heated controversy about the plays. Reviews and photographs of post-war productions at Stratford are also included. The book as a whole is designed as a stimulating introduction to these plays and to conflicting interpretations of them.

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    • Date Published: February 1982
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521283717
    • length: 164 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 9 mm
    • weight: 0.25kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    List of plates
    Preface
    Directing problem plays John Barton and Gareth Lloyd Evans
    All's Well That Ends Well Nicholas Brooke
    The design of All's Well That Ends Well R. L. Smallwood
    Why does it end well? Helena, Bertram and the Sonnets Roger Warren
    The Renaissance background of Measure for Measure Elizabeth Pope
    The unfolding of Measure for Measure James Black
    'The devil's party': Virtue and vices in Measure for Measure Harriet Hawkins
    Troilus and Cressida Kenneth Muir
    'Sons and daughters of the game': An essay on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida R. A. Yoder
    The problem plays, 1920–1970: A retrospect Michael Jamieson
    Reviews.

  • Editors

    Kenneth Muir

    Stanley Wells

    Contributors

    John Barton, Gareth Lloyd Evans, Nicholas Brooke, R. L. Smallwood, Roger Warren, Elizabeth Pope, James Black, Harriet Hawkins, Kenneth Muir, R. A. Yoder, Michael Jamieson

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