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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Side by Side
by William ShakespeareIntroduce students at any level to A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Prestwick House Side by Sides edition, a comprehensive student edition that presents the original play in its entirety on the left-hand page and a modernized rendition on the right. Shakespeare can be tough for students to read, so the modernized version presented in this Side by Sides edition helps students comprehend the action of the play. Once students understand what's happening and what characters are saying to one another, they can turn to the original text on the left-hand page to perform a more thorough critical analysis. As students read A Midsummer Night's Dream, they will enjoy the suspenseful plot, thrilling twists, deep emotions, and skilled character development of the original work without feeling overwhelmed by Shakespeare's sometimes daunting language. No matter what their grade level, your students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of what makes Shakespeare's work so great.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare'He could mingle sublimity with pathos, bitterness with joy and peace and love' Aldous HuxleyIn one of Shakespeare's most perennially popular comedies a young woman, Hermia, flees ancient Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites take an interest in human affairs, dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells. Slapstick collides with courtly romance and confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced and ultimately restored.Used and Recommended by the National TheatreGeneral Editor Stanley WellsEdited by Stanley Wells Introduction by Helen Hackett
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William ShakespeareIn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or “puck,” Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of “Pyramus and Thisbe.” The authoritative edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by Catherine Belsey The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William ShakespeareEach edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play * Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play * Scene-by-scene plot summaries * A key to famous lines and phrases * An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language * An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play * Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books * Essay by Catherine Belsey. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C. , is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Classic Novel Posters
by William Shakespeare Jonathan Bate Eric RasmussenMagic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing a play for the forthcoming wedding of Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta, unintentionally add to the hilarity. The result is a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce, all touched by Shakespeare's inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between art and life, dreams and the waking world.Each Edition Includes:* Comprehensive explanatory notes * Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship * Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English* Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories * An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare David Bevington David Scott KastanMagic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. <P><P>Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing a play for the forthcoming wedding of Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta, unintentionally add to the hilarity. <P> The result is a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce, all touched by Shakespeare's inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between art and life, dreams and the waking world.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare David Bevington David Scott Kastan James Hammersmith Robert Kean Turner Joseph PappMagic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing a play for the forthcoming wedding of Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta, unintentionally add to the hilarity. The result is a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce, all touched by Shakespeare's inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between art and life, dreams and the waking world. Each Edition Includes: * Comprehensive explanatory notes * Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship * Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English * Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories * An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Classics Library)
by William Shakespeare Keith Carabine Cedric Watts'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' is one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s works. The supernatural and the mundane, the illusory and the substantial, are all shimmeringly blended. Love is treated as tragic, poignant, absurd and farcical. ‘Lord, what fools these mortals be!’, jeers Robin Goodfellow; but the joke may be on him and on his master Oberon when Bottom the weaver, his head transformed into that of an ass, is embraced by the voluptuously amorous Titania. Recent stage-productions of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' have emphasised the enchanting, spectacular, ambiguous and erotically joyous aspects of this magical drama which culminates in a multiple celebration of marriage.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare Roma GillFairy and human worlds collide in Shakespeare's beloved comedy of love and error. Includes notes on vocabulary, history and the dramatic structure of the play.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Parallel Text
by William Shakespeare Janie B. Yates-GlandorfPresents the original play with a modern adaptation on facing pages. This line-by-line translation helps students transition from the adaptation to the original text. Parallel Text.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare Russ Mcdonald Stephen Orgel A. R. BraunmullerThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream is edited with an introduction by Russ McDonald.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare Mcdougal-Littell Publishing StaffShakespeare's comedy of lovers in the forest, with additional readings and supporting materials.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare Shane WellerIn this most famous of Shakespeare's comedies four mismatched lovers and a troupe of actors become tangled in a quarrel between the fairy king and queen. Love portions and transformed identities create a night of confusion that must be set right.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare class 10 - Meghalaya Board
by Hitesh D RaviyaThis edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream is designed to help students understand Shakespeare in a comprehensive manner. The introductory notes followed by detailed synopsis of the play and analysis of leading characters make this a handy book for comprehending the drama.
A Midsummer Night's Dream with Connections (Hrw Library)
by William ShakespeareShakespeare lives on, for his plays are still frequently produced all over the world. A Midsummer Night's Dream remains a favorite of audiences because of its touching and amusing characters and lovely language. The "Connections" section of this Holt, Rinehart, and Winston edition of William Shakespeare's fantastic comedy distinguishes it among so many other versions. Eleven related selections - literary and some not so literary - shed light on the play's universal appeal.
Mientras Escucho Sentada Aquí
by Lilian G. Selvaggio Valerie HockertUna mujer de mediana edad, a quien le gusta entretener, había perdido a su esposo recientemente, y pensó que su vida ya no tenía valor y que ella era inservible. Habia estado recolectando recuerdos y fotos en una caja y en un álbum, recordando, cuando tuvo la idea de organizar una fiesta y pedirle a cada invitada que trajera algo viejo y nostálgico--un pañuelito, una joya, una herramienta pequeña, un suvenir, un botón, un programa de teatro, u otro ítem pequeño. La idea era que cada invitada tendría que contar la historia detrás del objeto. La mujer no sabía que algunas invitadas tendrían sorprendentes secretos a los cuales estaba atado su recuerdo. Una vida anterior, un hijo perdido, un accidente--muchas tenían tristeza atada a sus recuerdos, pero los conservaban para mantenerse sujetas a la realidad. Tras escuchar todas las historias, la mujer decide que su vida después de todo no era tan mala, y que tenía el propósito de ser amiga de esas personas.
MIentras Espero La Cacería
by Valerie Hockert Guillermo Alberto Cervantes VindiolaDurante el último día de la temporada de caza en en extremo noroeste de los Estados Unidos, George Howard recuerda los muchos momentos de su vida. Desde su niñez marcada por la muerte de su hermano mayor, sus días como estudiante de preparatoria hasta su vida adulta, George ha pasado por un sinnúmero de cosas buenas y contrariedades que lo han conducido hasta este punto en su vida. En este último día de caceria, tomará una decisión que marcará el siguiente curso de su vida.
Migrating Modernist Performance
by Claire WardenExploring the experiences of early to mid-twentieth century British theatre-makers in Russia, this book imagines how these travellers interpreted Russian realism, symbolism, constructivism, agitprop, pageantry, dance or cinema. With some searching for an alternative to the corporate West End, some for experimental techniques and others still for methods that might politically inspire their audiences, did these journeys make any differences to their practice? And how did distinctly Russian techniques affect British theatre history? Migrating Modernist Performance seeks to answer these questions, reimagining the experiences and creative output of a range of, often under-researched, practitioners. What emerges is a dynamic collection of performances that bridge geographical, aesthetic, chronological and political divides.
Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture (Contemporary Performance InterActions)
by Yana Meerzon David Dean Daniel McNeilThis book is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that delves beneath the media headlines about the “migration crisis”, Brexit, Trump and similar events and spectacles that have been linked to the intensification and proliferation of stereotypes about migrants since 2015. Topics include the representations of migration and stereotypes in citizenship ceremonies and culinary traditions, law and literature, and public history and performance. Bringing together academics in the arts, humanities and social sciences, as well as artists and theatre practitioners, the collection equips readers with new methodologies, keywords and collaborative research tools to support critical inquiry and public-facing research in fields such as Theatre and Performance Studies, Cultural and Migration Studies, and Applied Theatre and History.
The Mikado (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays Ser.)
by William Schwenck GilbertA lighthearted burlesque of Victorian English culture and the vagaries of love, The Mikado offers an ideal matching of William Schwenck Gilbert's elegant comedic gifts with Arthur Sullivan's agile and refined musicianship. The tale unfolds amid a fanciful version of Japanese society, in which a wandering minstrel has the misfortune to fall in love with the beautiful ward of the Lord High Executioner of Titipu.The sparkling lyrics and witty dialogue of this comic masterpiece are as much a delight to read as they are to hear with musical accompaniment. The complete libretto is reprinted in this edition from the standard performance text of The Mikado, complete with nine charming illustrations drawn by W. S. Gilbert himself.
Mike Bartlett (Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists)
by William C. BolesHailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett's diverse range of plays strike at the heart of the various crises predominant in the early twenty-first century. Offering the first extensive examination of the plays and television series written by award winning playwright Mike Bartlett, this volume not only provides analysis of some of Bartlett’s best-known works (Cock, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, and Albion), but also includes new interviews with Bartlett and some of his closest and oft relied upon collaborators. In this book, Bartlett’s plays and television series are grouped together thematically, allowing the reader to observe the cross-pollination between his works on the stage and screen. The book also includes an introductory biographical chapter that discusses early influences on his writing (Harold Pinter, Mark Ravenhill, Tony Kushner, and Quentin Tarantino), his time in the Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court, and his work with the Apathists.Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists is a series of innovative and exciting critical introductions to the work of internationally pioneering playwrights, giving undergraduate students an ideal point of entry into these key figures in modern drama.
Milestones in Asian American Theatre (Milestones)
by Josephine LeeThis introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre. Designed for weekly use on Asian American theatre courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest contact between Japan and the West through the impact of the Vietnam War and the resurgent "yellow peril" hysteria of COVID-19. Each chapter emphasizes common questions of how racial identities and relationships are understood in everyday life as well as represented on the theatrical stage and in popular culture. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.
Milestones in Feminist Performance (Milestones)
by Tiina Rosenberg Fawzia Afzal-Khan Sandra D’UrsoThis accessible introduction challenges fixed understandings of the geographical or conceptual "origins" of feminist performance, offering a fresh and open-ended guide to the moments and movements that have come to define this vital field.Designed for weekly use on performance studies courses, each of the book’s ten chapters highlights the key works of feminist performance, including performance art, live art, body art, activism, and theater. These milestones are all linked to acts of rupture and political reanimation, as artists broke with dominant understandings of gender, art, and value, that were taken to be insurmountable and static.Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.
Milestones in Musical Theatre (Milestones)
by Mary Jo LodgeMilestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its earliest incarnations, especially those crafted by Black creators, to its rise as a global phenomenon. Designed for weekly use in musical theatre courses, these ten chosen snapshots chart the development of this unique art form and move through its history chronologically, tracking the earliest operettas through the mid-century Golden Age classics, as well as the creative explosion in directing talent, which reshaped the form and the movement toward inclusivity that has recast its creators. Each chapter explores how the musical and its history have been deeply influenced by a variety of factors, including race, gender, and nationality, and examines how each milestone represents a significant turning point for this beloved art form. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas. This book is ideal for diverse and inclusive undergraduate musical theatre history courses.
Milestones in Staging Contemporary Genders and Sexualities (Milestones)
by Emily A. RollieThis introduction to the staging of genders and sexualities across world theatre sets out a broad view of the subject by featuring plays and performance artists that shifted the conversation in their cultural, social, and historical moments.Designed for weekly use in theatre studies, dramatic literature, or gender and performance studies courses, these ten milestones highlight women and writers of the global majority, supporting and amplifying voices that are key to the field and some that have typically been overlooked. From Paula Vogel, Split Britches, and Young Jean Lee to Werewere Liking, Mahesh Dattani, Yvette Nolan, and more, the chapters place artists’ key works into conversation with one another, structurally offering an intersectional perspective on staging genders and sexualities.Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.