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Twelfth Night
Description
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's great comedy of love, folly and mistaken identity. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Twelfth Night in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Sam Mendes, Declan Donnellan and Neil Bartlett – 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
About the Text
Key Facts
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Textual Notes
Scene-by-scene Analysis
Twelfth Night in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Twelfth Night: An Overview
At the RSC
The Director's Cut: interviews with Sam Mendes, Declan Donnellan and Neil Bartlett
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
References
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
Product details
| Published | 20 Jan 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781137004789 |
| Imprint | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Series | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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