Much Ado about Nothing
Part of Shakespeare in Production
- Real Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: John F. Cox, Avondale College, New South Wales
- Date Published: February 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521598224
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This edition of Much Ado About Nothing focuses wholly on the play in performance. Shifting trends in the production of this popular drama are analyzed in relation to the culture of each period since Shakespeare's time, with particular attention to gender issues. A commentary alongside the New Cambridge edition of the text recreates in lively detail interpretations of each passage in a variety of British, American, Canadian stage, film and TV productions. An essential resource for students, teachers and performers, this is also an illuminating book for theatergoers.
Read more- Based on the authoritative New Cambridge Shakespeare text of the play
- Covers British, American and Canadian productions
- Examines film and TV versions of the play
- Foregrounds gender issues
- Analyses productions in the context of the culture and ideology of the relevant period
- Covers productions from Shakespeare's time to the present day
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"...a much-needed and welcome addition to Shakespeare resources." Choice
See more reviews"...an indispensable resource for theatre historians, dramaturgs, directors, or performers." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
"This book could also be very useful to a student of gender, history, and language, especially its detailed infromation on lines added and cut, on treatments of the play's cuckoldry humor, and on the critics' anxious iteration of such key binaries as sharp/soft, wit/feeling, salt/sweet, and mannishness/womanliness. I do recommend this book for anyone trying to piece together information about the performance history of the play, especially those interested in Victorian and Edwardian productions. Those who are attempting to chart shifts in myths of gender as they shift over the longue durée of culture, or who are researching particulat productions or players, will find this edition rich, intriguing, sometimes frustrating, but always infomative." Shakespeare Quarterly
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- Date Published: February 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521598224
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.405kg
- contains: 14 b/w illus. 1 table
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
List of productions
1. Introduction
2. Much Ado About Nothing and commentary
3. Bibliography
4. Index.
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