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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Martin White

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2008
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Estudios literarios: obras de teatro y dramaturgos
ISBN:
9781403945372

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most read and performed of Shakespeare’s plays. This book provides an introductory guide to the play, offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of three or four key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, and wide sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.

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