Measure for Measure

by Hampton-Reeves, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9781403944177
• ISBN10: 1403944172
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern in its treatment of justice, the limits of authority, surveillance, sexual politics and gender identity. This introductory guide to the play offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of outstanding and influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.

Author Biography

STUART HAMPTON-REEVES is Course Leader for English and Theatre Studies and Subject Leader for Drama at University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is a founder member and on the executive of the British Shakespeare Association. He is author of Shakespeare in Performance: The Henry VI Plays (MUP 2004).

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
The Text and Early Performances	p. 1
Commentary	p. 9
The Play's Intellectual and Cultural Contexts	p. 91
Key Productions and Performances	p. 107
The Play on Screen	p. 130
Critical Assessments	p. 141
Further Reading	p. 156
Index	p. 161
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