Richard Gill

Mastering Shakespeare (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Mastering Shakespeare covers in detail the plays set in the National Curriculum through GCSE and A-Level to the major elements of Shakespearean drama studied in further education courses.

The book is divided into sections that deal with comedy, tragedy and history. Also included are detailed sections on the most popular plays in the theatre and in the examination room.

The book deals with the basic themes of Shakespeare, the kinds of characters he created, the stories he was attracted to, and the ways in which the plays work out on stage. Among the plays studied are A Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349145515
• Artikelnr.: 54788863

Autorenporträt

RICHARD GILL teaches English at Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, Leicester, UK, and teaches adults at the University of Leicester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Shakespeare!.- What Does It Mean?.- Story, Time and Place.- Characters.- Words.- Design.- Dialogues.- The Stage and Acting.- What's It All About.- Thinking.- Studying.- Some Comedies.- The Problem Plays.- Tragedy.- Some Tragedies.- The History Plays.- Some Histories.- The Roman Plays.- The Late Plays.