All's Well That Ends WellRandom House Publishing Group, 13.09.2011 - 224 Seiten “A young man married is a man that’s marr’d.” —All’s Well That Ends Well Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic play about gender, desire, and sexual love. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: • an original Introduction to All’s Well That Ends Well • incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work • commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers • photographs of key RSC productions • an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronology of his plays Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
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... there is something obnoxious in the snobbery with which Bertram first dismisses Helen on the grounds of her low status , but when he goes on to say that he is sim- ply not in love with her , he reveals a kind of integrity . He bows to ...
... there is something obnoxious in the snobbery with which Bertram first dismisses Helen on the grounds of her low status , but when he goes on to say that he is sim- ply not in love with her , he reveals a kind of integrity . He bows to ...
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... there are no miracles , " all's well that ends well " is a fiction . Along the way we have been promised on more than one occasion that all will end well , but when it comes to the climax the King says that " all yet seems well " and ...
... there are no miracles , " all's well that ends well " is a fiction . Along the way we have been promised on more than one occasion that all will end well , but when it comes to the climax the King says that " all yet seems well " and ...
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... There never was , perhaps , a more beautiful picture of a woman's love , cherished in secret , not self - consuming in silent languish- ment ... but patient and hopeful , strong in its own intensity , and sustained by its own fond faith ...
... There never was , perhaps , a more beautiful picture of a woman's love , cherished in secret , not self - consuming in silent languish- ment ... but patient and hopeful , strong in its own intensity , and sustained by its own fond faith ...
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... there emerges a radically new comic heroine . For Helena is inward . . . She is much given to secrecies and reticences.15 The richness of her interior life makes it surprising that the role has not been taken on by more of the major ...
... there emerges a radically new comic heroine . For Helena is inward . . . She is much given to secrecies and reticences.15 The richness of her interior life makes it surprising that the role has not been taken on by more of the major ...
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... there is an explicit social promotion in the foreground of the action : " It is emphasized that Helena is below Bertram in social status , and that it takes direct intervention of the king to make her marriage possible . Such a theme ...
... there is an explicit social promotion in the foreground of the action : " It is emphasized that Helena is below Bertram in social status , and that it takes direct intervention of the king to make her marriage possible . Such a theme ...
Inhalt
Textual Notes | 107 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 167 |
A Chronology | 181 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 191 |
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Act 3 Scene actors All's asks audience believe Bertram captain character Clown Lavatch comedy costumes Count Rossillion COUNTESS LAVATCH court critics cure daughter death DIANA KING drum Duke editors Ends Enter Helen Exit farewell Florence Folio fool France French GENTLEMAN give Gregory Doran Guy Henry hath heaven HELEN PAROLLES Henry honest honour husband INTERPRETER Jonathan Bate Judi Dench King's knave lady LAVATCH leave letter Lines live Lord Dumaine Love's Labour's Won madam maid marriage marry Measure for Measure Michael Billington modern mother Narbon never noble pardon PAROLLES BERTRAM PAROLLES LAFEW performance play play's praised pray Problem Comedies production Reynaldo ring Royal Shakespeare Company SECOND LORD sense sexual Shakespeare soldier speak stage Stratford sweet tell theater thee thine Thomas Middleton thou to't Tragedy Trevor Nunn virginity vows Widow wife woman word young