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'Informative, thought-provoking and humane.' - Dr Colin Burrow, University of Oxford From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy THIS EDITION INCLUDES: * An illuminating introduction to The Comedy of Errors 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 The Comedy of Errors in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with three leading directors -- Paul Hunter, Nancy Meckler and Tim Supple -- 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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: plays & playwrights

• Full title: Comedy of Errors
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164
• EAN: 9780230284128
• ISBN: 0230284124
• ID: 04359343
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 190 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 130 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2011

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