Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens (Paperback)

Prof. Eric Rasmussen

ISBN 10: 0230300944 / ISBN 13: 9780230300941

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Basingstoke, 2011

About this Item

Paperback. From the Royal Shakespeare Company a modern, definitive edition of two of Shakespeare's classical plays. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors Gregory Doran, Yukio Ninagawa and Michael Pennington providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeares 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 Shakespeares works for the twenty-first century. From the Royal Shakespeare Company a modern, definitive edition of two of Shakespeare's classical plays. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230300944
• ISBN 13: 9780230300941
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of two of Shakespeare's classical plays. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Gregory Doran, Yukio Ninagawa and Michael Pennington – 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.

From the Back Cover

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of two of Shakespeare's classical plays

This book includes:

*Illuminating introductions to Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate
* The twoplays – with clear explanatory notes on each page
* Helpful scene-by-scene analyses and key facts about both plays
* An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre
* Rich explorations of approaches to staging both plays featuring photographs of key productions of each

The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This book presents a historical overview of two of Shakespeare's classical plays Titus Andronicusand Timon of Athens in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with three leading Directors – Gregory Doran, YukioNinagawa and Michael Pennington – so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible - a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made 'our contemporary' four centuries after his death.