Othello: Arden Performance Editions

by William Shakespeare, Paul Prescott (Editor), Abigail Rokison-Woodall (Editor), Michael Dobson (Editor), Simon Russell Beale (Editor)

Overview

'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will be in my hand.' ADRIAN LESTER, Actor, Director and Writer

Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.

Each edition offers:
-Facing-page notes
-Short, clear definitions of words
-Easily accessible information about key textual variants
-Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words
-An easy to read layout
-Space to write notes
-A short introduction to the play

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474272346
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/26/2018
Series:	Arden Performance Editions
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

PAUL PRESCOTT is Associate Professor (Reader), and teaches on the English and Comparative Literary Studies program at the University of Warwick, UK.

Series Editors: MICHAEL DOBSON, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, ABIGAIL ROKISON-WOODALL, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham and SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, actor and Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Introduction; Othello; Longer Notes

Editorial Reviews

Performance Editions provide the basis for fascinating discussions about where different communities locate the quintessence of Shakespeare and early modern drama.” —Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

“These editions are likely to help not only actors and drama students but also all amateur Shakespeareans including schools and colleges which stage the plays … What genius to have Simon Russell Beale as a series editor along with two Shakespeare Institute academics, Michael Dobson and Abigail Rokison-Woodall.” —Ink Pellet

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