Research Catalog

Title

A midsummer night's dream / edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri.

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Publication

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

Chaudhuri, Sukanta, 1950-

Description

xviii, 382 pages : illustrations; 20 cm

Summary

"The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play. The editor brings fresh perspectives on global productions and adaptations of this most loved of Shakespeare's comedies as well as new insights into this most-loved of Shakespeare's comedies"--

Series Statement

• The Arden Shakespeare. Third series
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1995.

Subjects

• Courtship > Greece > Athens > Drama
• Athens (Greece) > Drama
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Midsummer night's dream
• Fairy plays
• Magic > Drama

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-363) and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- General editors' Preface -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- STAGE, SCREEN, ART -- The play in its time: staging and casting -- British productions: Restoration to nineteenth century -- British productions: the twentieth century and after -- Europe -- Beyond Europe -- Other media: cinema, music, art SOURCES AND ANALOGUES: FAIRIES AND MORTALS -- Fairies and fairy lore -- Ovid: the classics and the fairies -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Theseus and Hippolyta: Plutarch, Chaucer and Shakespeare THEMES AND DESIGNS -- Pastoral: the forest -- Dreamers and Lovers -- Patriarchy -- Carnival, class, court -- Theatre, art and illusion -- The comedy of compromise LANGUAGE AND VERSE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- Appendix 1: Casting Chart -- Appendix 2:Date and Occasion -- Appendix 3: The Text -- Abbreviations and References -- Index.

Call Number

JFD 17-5807

ISBN

• 9781408133491
• 1408133490
• 1408133504
• 9781408133507

LCCN

2016044651

OCLC

936619982

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Title

A midsummer night's dream / edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Arden Shakespeare. Third series

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1995.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-363) and index.

Added Author

Chaudhuri, Sukanta, 1950- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Midsummer night's dream. New York : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2017 9781408142776 (DLC) 2017004218

Research Call Number

JFD 17-5807