Measure for Measure"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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Page 32
... intended to be a replica of the Elizabethan Fortune Theatre , but it was set behind a conventional proscenium arch and there was no sense of actors coming forward into the centre of the audience . The costumes were Elizabethan in style ...
... intended to be a replica of the Elizabethan Fortune Theatre , but it was set behind a conventional proscenium arch and there was no sense of actors coming forward into the centre of the audience . The costumes were Elizabethan in style ...
Page 52
... intended by the dramatist . The Duke's character and role in the play have aroused violent controversy , but here again the problem can be regarded as basically artistic . Before putting together all he says and does , and making moral ...
... intended by the dramatist . The Duke's character and role in the play have aroused violent controversy , but here again the problem can be regarded as basically artistic . Before putting together all he says and does , and making moral ...
Page 120
... intended to be an ironic joke . 258 go through with all carry out all the duties of the post 264 Eleven i.e. eleven a.m. , a normal time for dinner in the 16th c . It grieves me for the death of Claudio , But 120 2.I Measure for Measure.
... intended to be an ironic joke . 258 go through with all carry out all the duties of the post 264 Eleven i.e. eleven a.m. , a normal time for dinner in the 16th c . It grieves me for the death of Claudio , But 120 2.I Measure for Measure.
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