Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens: Two Classical Plays (The RSC Shakespeare) (Paperback) By (author) William Shakespeare, Edited by Jonathan Bate, Edited by Eric Rasmussen

Full bibliographic data for Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens

Title

Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens

Subtitle

Two Classical Plays

Authors and contributors

By (author) William Shakespeare, Edited by Jonathan Bate, Edited by Eric Rasmussen

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 333 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780230300941
ISBN 10: 0230300944

Classifications

BISAC category code: PER011010
BIC language qualifier (language as subject): 2AB
Dewey: 822.33
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T3.2
BISAC category code: DRA010000

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Imprint name

Palgrave MacMillan

Publication date

01 August 2011

Publication City/Country

Basingstoke/GB

Review quote

'A triumphant addition to our times.' - Fiona Shaw, The Times

Biographical note

JONATHAN BATE is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, University of Warwick, UK, and the editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and UCLA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, he is the author of several books on Shakespeare, including The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador), which was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare." In June 2006 he was awarded a CBE by HM The Queen 'for services to Higher Education'. ERIC RASMUSSEN is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA, and the Textual Editor of The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works. He is co-editor of the Norton Anthology of English Renaissance Drama and has edited volumes in both the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford World's Classics series. He is the General Textual Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions project - one of the most visited Shakespeare websites in the world. For over nine years he has written the annual review of editions and textual studies for the Shakespeare Survey.

Main description

These are the first editions of the plays to be developed by and for the RSC, and they include unique material to help the reader/student understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. There are interviews with key directors and actors, illuminating introductions and scene-by-scene summaries.

Table of contents

Introduction Titus Andronicus Timon of Athens About the Text Key Facts: Titus Andronicus The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus Textual Notes Scene by Scene Analysis Titus Andronicus in Performance: the RSC and Beyond Four Centuries of Titus Andronicus: An Overview At the RSC The Director's Cut: Interviews with Gregory Doran and Yukio Ninagawa Key Facts: Timon of Athens The Life of Timon of Athens Textual Notes Timon of Athens in Performance: the RSC and Beyond Four Centuries of Timon: An Overview At the RSC The Director's Cut: an Interview with Gregory Doran Playing Timon: Michael Pennington Shakespeare's Career in the Theatre Shakespeare's Works: A Chronology The History Behind the Tragedies: A Chronology Further Reading and Viewing: Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens References Acknowledgements and Picture Credits