Measure for Measure

Hardback

Main Details

Title Measure for Measure
Authors and Contributors      By (author) P. Edmondson
By (author) Stuart Hampton-Reeves
SeriesShakespeare Handbooks
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781403944160
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 176 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 22 March 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern. This introductory guide offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.

Author Biography

STUART HAMPTON-REEVES is Course Leader for English and Theatre Studies and Subject Leader for Drama at University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is a founder member and on the executive of the British Shakespeare Association. He is author of Shakespeare in Performance: The Henry VI Plays (MUP 2004).