Unrivalled design that is enticing & clear for all students including low-attainers Dramatic photography from a range of productions to stimulate discussion Targeted support that helps pupils to understand the play & its language Interpretation-based questions & activities that encourage students to explore the plays in performance Durable & hardwearing books that last for years ...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship & emphasis on performance The series features line-by-line commentaries & textual notes on the plays & poems Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical stage & screen interpretations For this second edition of The Tempest David Lindley has thoroughly revised the Introduction to take account of the latest developments in criticism & performance He has also added a completely new section on casting in recent productions of the play The complex questions this new section raises about colonisation racial & gender stereotypes & the nature of theatrical experience are explored throughout the introduction Careful attention is paid to dramatic form stagecraft & the use of music & spectacle in The Tempest a play that is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most elusive & suggestive A revised & updated reading list completes the edition ...

An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended in full colour classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' The Tempest' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' The Tempest' from around the world

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A storm rages Prospero his daughter Miranda & his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked Miraculously all on board survive Plotting mistaken identities & bewitching love follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits & monsters on which they have landed 240 pages Shakespeare William ...

Despite being radically unconventional late auteur Derek Jarman's 1979 film has been hailed as one of the most successful adaptations of the Bard's works by several Shakespeare scholars Jarman removes much of the dialogue instead carrying the story with his trademark haunting images lit mostly by fire & the moon Using the prevalent English punk sensibility of the time he also employs undertones of closeted gay society Poet Heathcote Williams plays the banished Prospero with a frustrated intensity while Karl Johnson is the sprite-like Ariel Together on a remote island they become prisoners of a dark fantasy realm filled with secret signs & codes where they attempt to use magic to turn the world into a more spiritually satisfying place Meanwhile Prospero's daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox) wanders the halls of his foreboding fortress outrageously costumed in a stunning combination of period & punk tatters as she draws strangers into her home while longing for freedom Shot on location at Stoneleigh Abbey Jarman's film creates a dreamlike world within each room that is lushly lit & decadent in its wasteful decay As the tale progresses Prospero's illusions become false realities culminating in a sumptuous wedding feast that features a Busby Berkeley-like performance of sailors dancing as Elisabeth Welch sings Stormy Weather ...

This is the entire unabridged play brought to life in full colour! Although The Tempest was the first play to appear in the first official Folio printing of Shakespeare's plays it was almost certainly the last play he wrote It held pride of place in that first collection presumably because the editors thought it to be his masterpiece; a crowning glory to the career of the most brightest of playwrights Needless to say we had to select the very best artists to do it justice & to bring you the stunning artwork that you've come to expect from our titles Poignant to the last this book is a classic amongst classics ...

This is the complete play which is translated into plain English Although The Tempest was the first play to appear in the first official Folio printing of Shakespeare's plays it was almost certainly the last play he wrote It held pride of place in that first collection presumably because the editors thought it to be his masterpiece; a crowning glory to the career of the most brightest of playwrights Needless to say we had to select the very best artists to do it justice & to bring you the stunning artwork that you've come to expect from our titles Poignant to the last this book is a classic amongst classics ...

This is the full play in quick modern English for a fast-paced read! Although The Tempest was the first play to appear in the first official Folio printing of Shakespeare's plays it was almost certainly the last play he wrote It held a pride of place in that first collection presumably because the editors thought it to be his masterpiece; a crowning glory to the career of the most brightest of playwrights Needless to say we had to select the very best artists to do it justice & to bring you the stunning artwork that you've come to expect from our titles Poignant to the last this book is a classic amongst classics ...

Performed variously as escapist fantasy celebratory fiction & political allegory The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression Significantly it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623 & is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest & reassesses the evidence behind the various readings He focuses on key characters & their roles & relationships as well as on the dramatic historical & political context finding the play to be both more open & more historically determined than traditional views have allowed ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays both in the classroom & in the theatre & this revision brings the Arden 3 edition right up-to-date A completely new section of the introduction discusses new thinking about Shakespeare's sources for the play & examines his treatment of colonial themes as well as covering key productions since this edition was first published in 1999 Most importantly it looks at Julie Taymor's ground-breaking 2010 film starring Helen Mirren as Prospera Alden & Virginia Vaughan's edition of The Tempest is much valued for its authority & originality & their revision brings it up-to-date making it even more relevant & useful to students & theatre practitioners ...