The Two Noble Kinsmen

by William Shakespeare , Edited by Robert Kean Turner , Patricia Tatspaugh

• ISBN13: 9780521432702
• ISBN10: 0521432707
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Since the late twentieth century, when scholarly attention began to focus on sexuality, collaboration and Shakespeare's late plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen has become an essential script. Turner and Tatspaugh's edition presents a strong case for taking the play more seriously now than ever before. A lively introduction discusses Shakespeare's craftsmanship in adapting a medieval tale for the Jacobean stage, the extent of co-authorship with John Fletcher, the rhetorical complexity of Shakespeare's late style, the themes of sexuality and friendship, and contemporary critical responses to the play. In addition to presenting a detailed history of performance, the edition calls attention to productions that have demonstrated the play's theatrical vitality and solved or failed to solve difficulties inherent in the text. Bringing the textual history completely up to date, the edition reflects renewed interest in The Two Noble Kinsmen, confirming it as a play for today.

Table of Contents

Introduction: authorship

Date

Sources

Craftsmanship

Critical reception

Shakespeare's late style

The Two Noble Kinsmen in performance

Note on text

List of characters

The play

Supplementary notes

Textual analysis

Appendix: The Two Noble Kinsmen: a performance chronology

Reading list

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