Richard II

ISBN-13: 9780230517493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 176 str.

Jeremy Lopez

Opis

This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Richard II offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of three or four key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading.

Spis treści

General Editor's Preface.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- The Text and Early Performances.- Commentary.- The Play's Sources and Cultural Context.- Critical Assessments.- Key Productions and Performances.- The Play on Screen.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

JEREMY LOPEZ is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2003), an experienced director and the theatre review editor of the Shakespeare Bulletin.