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The Tempest
Description
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's magical vision. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of The Tempest in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are three interviews with leading directors – Peter Brook, Sam Mendes and Rupert Goold – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Text
Key Facts
The Tempest
Textual Notes
Second Quarto passages that do not appear in the Folio
Scene-by-scene Analysis
The Tempest in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of The Tempest: An Overview
At the RSC
The Director's Cut: interviews with Peter Brook, Sam Mendes, Rupert Goold
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: a Conjectural Chronology
Further Reading
Product details
| Published | 16 Sep 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 176 |
| ISBN | 9781137004666 |
| Imprint | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Illustrations | 200 bw illus |
| Series | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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