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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Seite vii
... sexual relations is persistently intermingled with that of warfare . The key word , deployed with equal force in conversa- tions about the bedroom , the court , and the battlefield , is " honour . " The atmosphere feels very different ...
... sexual relations is persistently intermingled with that of warfare . The key word , deployed with equal force in conversa- tions about the bedroom , the court , and the battlefield , is " honour . " The atmosphere feels very different ...
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... sexual indulgence ( " jade " was another slang term for whore ) . All's Well is in the mainstream of comedy insofar as it is about young people and the process of growing up . Bertram is like most young men of every era : he wants to be ...
... sexual indulgence ( " jade " was another slang term for whore ) . All's Well is in the mainstream of comedy insofar as it is about young people and the process of growing up . Bertram is like most young men of every era : he wants to be ...
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... sexual favors from her husband . THE NEW CODE OF THE SELF Bertram represents modernity in that he acts according to an exis- tential principle : he follows his own self , not some preexistent code of duty , service to his monarch , or ...
... sexual favors from her husband . THE NEW CODE OF THE SELF Bertram represents modernity in that he acts according to an exis- tential principle : he follows his own self , not some preexistent code of duty , service to his monarch , or ...
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... sexual selfishness and Parolles out of his vainglory , but still Shake- speare the role - player and wordsmith invests huge dramatic energy in the darker characters . He uses them to open cracks in the estab- lished order . The King ...
... sexual selfishness and Parolles out of his vainglory , but still Shake- speare the role - player and wordsmith invests huge dramatic energy in the darker characters . He uses them to open cracks in the estab- lished order . The King ...
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... sexual givens into occasions for moral reflection and private anguish . As a result , character and motive become contradictory , and standards of judgement other than the right and natural claims of love make ironic and questionable ...
... sexual givens into occasions for moral reflection and private anguish . As a result , character and motive become contradictory , and standards of judgement other than the right and natural claims of love make ironic and questionable ...
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