Following on the success of his Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare,
Robert Fallon now examines the themes in Shakespeare's plays, the
revelations about human nature that give them substance and weight
and such an enduring quality. Again Mr. Fallon sets aside academic
jargon and the machinery of scholarship; he writes for intelligent
playgoers, seeking to enhance their enjoyment of a performance. (Of
course, casual readers too will find his interpretations
absorbing.) The book surveys the most pervasive of Shakespeare's
themes, among them love, war, illusion, statecraft, heroism, the
supernatural, and the comic. In chapters devoted to each of eleven
such themes, Mr. Fallon explains how these patterns of meaning were
viewed in Shakespeare's time, what history the poet draws upon in
presenting them on the stage, and how he suggests them through his
pageant of men and women engaged in the business of living. Mr.
Fallon offers a wealth of illustrative examples from all
thirty-eight plays attributed to the Bard. His lively narrative
provides ample detail, ensuring that the examples are accessible to
readers who may not be familiar with some of the less frequently
staged works. As in A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare, Mr.
Fallon succeeds in capturing Shakespeare's endless appeal: his
ability to place before us figures with whom we are familiar-the
ardent lover, the swaggering soldier, the tyrant, villain, and
clown, as well as mothers, fathers, and children, both treacherous
and devoted-all of whom confront the experiences that define the
eternal themes of the human condition.
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