Richard III by William Shakespeare (English) Paperback Book

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With interviews with actors and directors including Simon Russell Beale, Bill Alexander and Richard Eyre, along with detailed looks at productions at the RSC and elsewhere, this new edition of the play offers innovative ways of looking at and understanding Shakespeare, as well as student-friendly notes and summaries.

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From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a definitive, fresh new look at Shakespeare's most compelling villain. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Richard III in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with an actor, a director and a designer - Simon Russell Beale, Bill Alexander and Tom Piper - 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.

Author Biography

JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'. ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Play.- Introduction tothe Text.- Key Facts.- The Tragedy of Richard the Third.- Textual Notes.- Quarto passages that do not appear in the Folio.- Scene-by-scene Analysis.- Richard III in Performance: the RSC and Beyond.- Four Centuries of Richard III: An Overview.- At the Royal Shakespeare Company.- Actor, Director and Designer: interviews with Simon Russell Beale, Bill Alexander and Tom Piper.- Richard and Tyranny: reflections by Richard Eyre.- Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre.- Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology.- Further Reading and Viewing.- Acknowledgements and Picture Credits

Long Description

With interviews with actors and directors including Simon Russell Beale, Bill Alexander and Richard Eyre, along with detailed looks at productions at the RSC and elsewhere, this new edition of the play offers innovative ways of looking at and understanding Shakespeare, as well as student-friendly notes and summaries.

Feature

An exemplary introduction to Richard III by award-winning scholar Sir Jonathan Bate The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play Photographs of classic or unusual performances illustrate different interpretations open to actors or directors Interviews with an actor, a director and a designer - Simon Russell Beale, Bill Alexander and Tom Piper An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre A key facts 'box' summarizing the plot, major roles, language and sources A clear, single-column page design Recommendations for further reading on key critical approaches and the play in performance, along with recommended viewing

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Details ISBN0230221114 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2008 ISBN-10 0230221114 ISBN-13 9780230221116 Format Paperback Publication Date 2008-09-05 Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.33 Media Book Edited by Jonathan Bate Author Jonathan Bate Pages 248 Birth 1960 Death 1616 Place of Publication Basingstoke Series The RSC Shakespeare Illustrations 248 p. Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Textbook 1 Language English DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-00453-6 UK Release Date 2008-09-05 NZ Release Date 2008-09-05 AU Release Date 2008-09-04 We've got this

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