Julius Caesar: A Critical Reader (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147422038X ISBN 13: 9781474220385

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2016

Synopsis

This volume offers a practical, accessible and thought-provoking guide to this Roman tragedy, surveying its major themes and critical reception. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play’s performance, beginning with its earliest known staging in 1599, including an analysis of the 2013 film Caesar Must Die starring Italian inmates, and an assessment of why the play is now coming back into vogue on stage. Moving through to four new critical essays, it opens up cutting-edge perspectives on the work, and finishes with a guide to pedagogical approaches by the experienced teacher and leading academic Jeremy Lopez. Detailing web-based and production-related resources, and including an annotated bibliography of critical works, the guide will equip teachers and facilitate students’ understanding of this challenging play.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew James Hartley is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. He is the co-editor of Shakespeare and Geek Culture (The Arden Shakespeare, 2020), editor of Julius Caesar: A Critical Reader (The Arden Shakespeare, 2016), author of Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice (2013) and The Shakespearean Dramaturg (2005). He was the editor of the Shakespeare Bulletin for a decade, resident dramaturg for Georgia Shakespeare and is an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147422038X
• ISBN 13: 9781474220385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Hartley Andrew James