Winters Tale

Product Description

This is the first edition of The Winters Tale" to be developed by & for the RSC the worlds leading Shakespeare theatre company & it

Includes:: unique material to help the reader understand & enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. It is illustrated with photographs of classic & unusual performances. It contains outstanding on-page notes which explain words & phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience including the slang political references & bawdy humour often ignored or censored in competing editions. The book

Includes:: scene-by-scene summary offering an easily understandable way into the play; contains a completely new introduction by Jonathan Bate exploring the text & critical debates around it; a summary of the plays performance history at the RSC & elsewhere; & interviews with important Shakespearean directors Dominic Cooke Adrian Noble & Barbara Gaines discussing key productions at the RSC. This fresh new edition of one of Shakespeares last plays developed with the RSC presents an easy-to-read overview of the plays performance history including interviews with directors Dominic Cooke Adrian Noble & Barbara Gaines & provides concise scene-by scene analyses & textual notes offering innovative new insights into the text."