Much Ado About Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521532507 ISBN 13: 9780521532501

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Second edition of Much Ado About Nothing, with a new introductory section by Angela Stock.

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Book Description

For this second edition of Much Ado About Nothing Angela Stock has added a new section to F. H. Mares' introduction, in which she considers both the romantic and the darker aspects of the play in the light of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations.

Synopsis

Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works. Much Ado has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays especial attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation, in which the most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice. A full commentary includes annotation of the many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the complexity of Elizabethan language. For this updated edition Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction in which she reviews the romantic and the darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the light of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the interesting question of Beatrice's proper age and the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio in terms of the play's interest in sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521532507
• ISBN 13: 9780521532501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Mares F. H.