A Midsummer Night's Dream
A new section of the Introduction to this updated edition considers important professional theater productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years. The Reading List has been revised and augmented to reflect the scope of the revised edition.
First Edition Hb (1985): 0-521-22194-3
First Edition Pb (1985): 0-521-29389-8
- Updated edition of a text which has been highly popular in the series since 1984
- Substantial additional section to the Introduction
- Two new production photographs and a revised Reading List
Reviews & endorsements
"A fine example of judicious editorial writing. Foakes guides the reader securely and fluently through the critical and scholarly disputes that have accumulated around the play. He manages to be informative without being patronizing, and detached with out failing to offer opinions." The Times Higher Education Supplement
Product details
April 2003Hardback
9780521825405
168 pages
236 × 158 × 17 mm
0.396kg
14 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction, with new section on recent stage and critical interpretations
- Note on the text
- List of characters
- The play
- Textual analysis
- Appendix: A further note on sources
- Reading list.