Pericles (The RSC Shakespeare)

Eric RasmussenJonathan Bate,

ISBN 10: 0230361900 / ISBN 13: 9780230361904

Published by Red Globe Press, 2012

Seller Inventory # 6666-GRD-9780230361904

Synopsis:

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's touching fable of loss and reunion. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Pericles in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors and an actor – Adrian Noble, Dominic Cooke, Adrian Jackson and Laura Rees – 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.

About the Author: Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.; JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK.; University of Nevada

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pericles (The RSC Shakespeare)
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: paperback
Condition: New