- An exemplary introduction to Julius Caesar by award-winning scholar Sir Jonathan Bate
- The play – with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page
- A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play
- A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play
- Photographs of classic or unusual performances illustrate different interpretations open to actors or directors
- Interviews with three leading directors: Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall
- An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre
- A key facts 'box' summarizing the plot, major roles, language and sources
- A clear, single-column page design
- Recommendations for further reading on key critical approaches and the play in performance, along with recommended viewing
SIR JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including
The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'.
ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of
The RSC Shakespeare:
The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the
Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the
Arden Shakespeare and
Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the
Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the
Shakespeare Survey.
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare´s drama of the conflict between one man´s ambition and the good of the state. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Julius Caesar in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall – 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.
|This fresh new edition of
Julius Caesar, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and contains a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate.
Introduction.- About the Text.- Key Facts.- Julius Caesar.- Textual Notes.- Scene-by-Scene Analysis.- Julius Caesar in Performance: the RSC and Beyond.- Four Centuries of Julius Caesar: An Overview.- At the RSC.- The Director's Cut: interviews with David Farr, Edward Hall and Lucy Bailey.- Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre.- Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology.- The History Behind the Tragedies: A Chronology.- Further Reading and Viewing.- References.- Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
Invigorating, radical and original ... I look forward to using it at my desk and perhaps in my classroom over many years, enjoying Jonathan Bate's perceptive comments, trusting Eric Rasmussen's textual scholarship.'
– Professor Peter Holland, Times Literary Supplement
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's drama of the conflict between one man's ambition and the good of the state.
THIS EDITION INCLUDES:
- An illuminating introduction to Julius Caesar by award-winning scholar
Jonathan Bate- The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page
- A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play
- An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre
- A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productions
The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of Julius Caesar in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with three leading directors -
Lucy Bailey, David Farr and
Edward Hall - 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.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare plays offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's drama of the conflict between one man's ambition and the good of the state.
This fresh new edition of Julius Caesar , developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and contains a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate.
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's drama of the conflict between one man's ambition and the good of the state. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Julius Caesar in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors - Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall - 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.
Introduction.- About the Text.- Key Facts.- Julius Caesar.- Textual Notes.- Scene-by-Scene Analysis.- Julius Caesar in Performance: the RSC and Beyond.- Four Centuries of Julius Caesar: An Overview.- At the RSC.- The Director's Cut: interviews with David Farr, Edward Hall and Lucy Bailey.- Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre.- Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology.- The History Behind the Tragedies: A Chronology.- Further Reading and Viewing.- References.- Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
SIR JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'.
ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.
Über den Autor
SIR JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'.
ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
About the Text
Key Facts
Julius Caesar
Textual Notes
Scene-by-Scene Analysis
Julius Caesar in Performance: the RSC and Beyond
Four Centuries of Julius Caesar: An Overview
At the RSC
The Director's Cut: interviews with David Farr, Edward Hall and Lucy Bailey
Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre
Shakespeare's Works: a Chronology
The History Behind the Tragedies: A Chronology
Further Reading and Viewing
References
Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
Klappentext
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's drama of the conflict between one man's ambition and the good of the state. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Julius Caesar in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors - Lucy Bailey, David Farr and Edward Hall - 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.
The first edition of Julius Caesar developed by and for the RSC, with unique material including a new introduction from Jonathan Bate and interviews with important RSC directors.
