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The Tragedy of King Richard III: The Oxford Shakespeare (Paperback)
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The Tragedy of King Richard III: The Oxford Shakespeare (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage
and has been adapted successfully for film. This new and innovative
edition recognizes the play's pre-eminence as a performance work: a
perspective that informs every aspect of the editing. Challenging
traditional practice, the text is based on the 1597 Quarto which,
it is argued, brings us closest to the play as it would have been
staged in Shakespeare's theatre. The introduction, which is
illustrated, explores the long performance history from
Shakespeare's time to the present. Its critical engagement with the
play responds to recent historicist and gender-based approaches.
The commentary gives detailed explication of matters of language,
staging, text, and historical and cultural contexts, providing
coverage that is both carefully balanced and alert to nuance of
meaning. Documentation of the extensive textual variants is
organized for maximum clarity: the readings of the Folio and the
Quarto are presented in separate banks, and more specialist
information is given at the back of the book. Appendices also
include selected passages from the main source and a special index
of actors and other theatrical personnel. ABOUT THE SERIES: For
over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable
volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the
most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features,
including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful
notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further
study, and much more.
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