Merchant of Venice : Texts and Contexts

by Shakespeare, William (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780451526809
• ISBN10: 0451526805
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780451521330, 9780743477567
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: SIGNET BOOK
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Summary

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Another feature of this series includes dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Nicholas Rowe, William Hazlitt, Edgar Elmer Stoll, Linda Bamber, Alexander Leggart, and Robert Smallwood. Special introduction by Kenneth Myrick, Tufts University.

Author Biography

Roma Gill, the series editor, has taught Shakespeare at all levels. She has acted in and directed Shakespeare's plays and has lectured on Shakespeare all over the world

Table of Contents

Shakespeare: An Overview	p. vii
Biographical Sketch	p. vii
A Note on the Anti-Stratfordians, Especially Baconians and Oxfordians	p. xi
The Shakespeare Canon	p. xv
Shakespeare's English	p. xviii
Shakespeare's Theater	p. xxvi
A Note on the Use of Boy Actors in Female Roles	p. xxxiii
Shakespeare's Dramatic Language: Costumes, Gestures and Silences; Prose and Poetry	p. xxxvi
The Play Text as a Collaboration	p. xliii
Editing Texts	p. xlix
Shakespeare on the Stage	p. liv
Introduction	p. lxiii
The Merchant of Venice	p. 1
Textual Note	p. 101
A Note on the Sources of The Merchant of Venice	p. 105
Commentaries
From The Works of Mr. William Shakespear	p. 109
From Characters of Shakespear's Plays	p. 110
Henry Irving's Shylock	p. 116
From Shylock	p. 121
The Avoidance of Choice: A Woman's Privilege	p. 137
The Fourth and Fifth Acts	p. 142
The End of The Merchant of Venice: Four Versions	p. 156
The Merchant of Venice on Stage and Screen	p. 160
Suggested References	p. 175
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