The Rough Guide to Shakespeare by Andrew Dickson

The Rough Guide to Shakespeare by Andrew Dickson

The Rough Guide to Shakespeare provides the perfect introduction across all media from the Elizabethan theatre to the modern multiplex. Designed to work equally well as a quick reference and a background companion, the book features full coverage of all 38 plays including a synopsis, character list, stage history and a full critical essay. There are guides to recommended texts, critical studies and further reading, reviews of the best films and audio recordings, and guidance on where to go next. The author provides fascinating features on such topics as swearing in Shakespeare, fools, cross-dressing and the mystery of Shakespeare's lost plays. As well as the plays there's a detailed look at Shakespeare's poetry, both the famous Sonnets and the less well-known narrative poems. Finally, this handbook includes everything there is to know about Shakespeare's life, along with a full account of how the plays were originally performed. Throughout there are more than 100 pictures, including photos of great Shakespearean actors and some of the most celebrated recent productions.

Andrew Dickson has contributed to various Rough Guide titles including the Rough Guide History of England. He is a post-graduate specializing in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature at Cambridge.

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ISBN 13	9781843535188
ISBN 10	1843535181
Title	The Rough Guide to Shakespeare
Author	Andrew Dickson
Series	Rough Guides Reference Titles
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	APA Publications
Year published	2005-04-28
Number of pages	544
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