The Tempest: Arden Performance Editions

Description

Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Each edition offers: -Facing-page notes -Short, clear definitions of words -Easily accessible information about key textual variants -Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words -An easy-to-read layout -Space to write notes -A short introduction to the play

Miranda Fay Thomas is Assistant Professor in Theatre and Performance at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

We've been working from the Arden Performance Edition on our latest production of The Tempest. Its clarity, layout and robustness make it perfect for actors and creatives to work from. Eminently playable, clear and practical, it's the ideal rehearsal resource. * Sean Holmes, Shakespeare's Globe *