Description
Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay-but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple, Beatrice and Benedick, steals the scene as the two are finally tricked into admitting their love for each other in Shakespeare's superb comedy of manners. Each Edition Includes: - Comprehensive explanatory notes - Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship - Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English - Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories - An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography "From the Paperback edition."
Details
Released: Tue 25 Aug 2009
Catalogue Number: 0008050687

- Editors: Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen
- Introduced By: Jonathan Bate
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Editions: Abridged
- Subject Development: Playscript
- Geographic Designator: Great Britain/British Isles
- Academic Level: General Adult
- Continuations: Monograph Series, any
- Depth (m): 0.019
- Dewey: 808
- Height (m): 0.21
- Pages: 178
- Place Of Publication: United States
- Published Date: Tue 25 Aug 2009
- Weight (g): 181
- Width (m): 0.133
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