This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of...
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading
Cover -- Contents -- General Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Text and Early Performances -- 2 Commentary -- 3 Intellectual and Cultural Contexts -- 4 Key Productions -- 5 The Play on Screen -- 6 Critical Assessment -- Further Reading -- Index
This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of...
more
This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Cover -- Contents -- General Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Text and Early Performances -- 2 Commentary -- 3 Intellectual and Cultural Contexts -- 4 Key Productions -- 5 The Play on Screen -- 6 Critical Assessment -- Further Reading -- Index.