For this updated edition of one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays, Tom Lockwood has added a new introductory section on the latest scholarly trends, performance and adaptation practices which have occurred over the last two decades. Investigating the latest critical frames through which the play has been interpreted, the updated introduction also focuses on recent international performances on stage and screen (including Al Pacino's performances on film and in Daniel Sullivan's production in New York, the Habima National Theatre's production for the Globe to Globe Festival, Jonathan Munby's touring production for the Globe performed in London, New York and Venice, and Rupert Goold's production for the Royal Shakespeare Company). Finally, new forms of adaptation are considered: a performance transposed to the different generic mode of a New York auction room, and the remaking of the play in Howard Jacobson's 2016 novel, Shylock Is my Name.
By:
William Shakespeare Introduction by:
Tom Lockwood (University of Birmingham) Edited by:
M.M. Mahood (University of Kent Canterbury) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: Updated edition Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 490g ISBN:9781107141681 ISBN 10: 1107141680 Series:The New Cambridge Shakespeare Pages: 218 Publication Date:19 April 2018 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
M. M. Mahood was Professor of English Literature at the University of Kent. Tom Lockwood is Reader in English Literature at the University of Birmingham.