All's Well that Ends Well (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521221501 ISBN 13: 9780521221504

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

An international team of scholars offers: • modernised, easily accessible texts • ample but unobtrusive academic guidance • attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history • informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances This play has attracted unprecedented interest in recent times. Professor Fraser takes account of its history, in which neglect and unpopularity have been important features, and discusses such reactions and the reasons for them. He argues for a play which is a powerful and often disconcerting blend of darkness and comedy, faults and virtues, failing and forgiveness. Beneath the fluctuating imagery there is a constant sexual undercurrent which compels unusual critical attention.

About this title

Book Description

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, All's Well That Ends Well has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

From the Back Cover

Part of a series. Contains the complete script for the play as well as a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, and a wide range of classroom tested activities to help turn the script into drama.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521221501
• ISBN 13: 9780521221504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 167
• Editor: Fraser Russell