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Love's Labour's Lost
Description
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Love's Labour's Lost in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran – 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
Love's Labour's Lost
Textual Notes
Scene-by-scene Analysis
Love's Labour's Lost in Performance: The RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Love's Labour's: An Overview
At the Royal Shakespeare Company
The Director's Cut: Interviews with Terry Hands and Liz Shipman
Approaching Love's Labour's: Reflections by Gregory Doran
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
Product details
| Published | 16 Sep 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781137004383 |
| Imprint | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Series | The RSC Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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