Julius Caesar

This is an essential student guide to the text, context and performance of "Julius Caesar". This is the only introduction to "Julius Caesar" on the market which offers a theatrical commentary, enabling students to get a sense of the play as a performance text. It responds to the increasing focus on the plays as performance in English literature courses and the growth in student numbers on undergraduate Theatre and Performance courses. The series editor is an internationally well regarded scholar of Shakespeare. This introductory guide to the first of Shakespeare's mature tragedies offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.

ISBN 1403948917   Pages 168 ISBN13 9781403948915 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Palgrave USA   Weight (grammes) 188 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Gordonsville Format Paperback   Series title Shakespeare Handbooks Publication date 23 Apr 2009   Height (mm) 200 Library of Congress PR2827   Width (mm) 130 DEWEY 822.33   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Secondary education, A / AS level, Undergraduate, Postgraduate

General Editor's Preface; Preface; The Text and Early Performances; Commentary; The Play's Sources and Cultural Context; Key Productions and Performances; The Play on Screen; Critical Assessments; Further Reading; Index.

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