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Going to see 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot?Studying Shakespeare and want to know who's who?Teaching the 'Henrys' and need a handy guide to histories?A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays gives all this and --an introduction to Shakespeare and his times--a note on the sources--cast lists--a synopsis for each play--main character descriptions--an essay on 38 plays.An essential, concise, and readable guide to all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays.A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the greatest of all English-language playwrights. Equally useful for actors, directors, and students-as well as for anyone planning to see a Shakespearean play-this book offers a great deal of information about Shakespeare in an accessible, succinct format. It looks at Shakespeare and his works from virtually every possible angle, including a section on Shakespeare and his time; a note on his sources; a synopsis of each play; descriptions of the main characters, which take note of the differences between the characters on the page and how they have been portrayed on the stage; and a brief, insightful essay on each work, which helps put the play in the context of Shakespeare's time as well as our own.
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A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays, Kenneth McLeish, Stephen Unwin
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- Année de publication
- 1998
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- Titre
- A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Kenneth McLeish, Stephen Unwin
- Éditeur
- Faber & Faber
- Publié
- 1998
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 249
- ISBN10
- 0571191835
- ISBN13
- 9780571191833
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- Description
- Going to see 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot?Studying Shakespeare and want to know who's who?Teaching the 'Henrys' and need a handy guide to histories?A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays gives all this and --an introduction to Shakespeare and his times--a note on the sources--cast lists--a synopsis for each play--main character descriptions--an essay on 38 plays.An essential, concise, and readable guide to all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays.A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the greatest of all English-language playwrights. Equally useful for actors, directors, and students-as well as for anyone planning to see a Shakespearean play-this book offers a great deal of information about Shakespeare in an accessible, succinct format. It looks at Shakespeare and his works from virtually every possible angle, including a section on Shakespeare and his time; a note on his sources; a synopsis of each play; descriptions of the main characters, which take note of the differences between the characters on the page and how they have been portrayed on the stage; and a brief, insightful essay on each work, which helps put the play in the context of Shakespeare's time as well as our own.