Much Ado About Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521532507 ISBN 13: 9780521532501

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Famous actors have appeared as this play's sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick's time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the play's concerns with sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-22152-8 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-29367-7

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Book Description

Much Ado has always been popular on the stage, where, from the time of Garrick, famous actors have appeared as the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice. For this updated edition Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction in which she reviews the romantic and the darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the light of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio in terms of the play's interest in sexuality and misogyny, eavesdropping and deception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521532507
• ISBN 13: 9780521532501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174
• Editor: Mares F. H.