William Shakespeare Midsummer Nights Dream (P/B)

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a Fresh New Edition of Shakespeare's Most Loved Comedy. This Book Includes * an Introduction to a Midsummer Night's Dream by Award-Winning Scholar Jonathan Bate * the Play - With Clear Explanatory Notes on Each Page * a Scene-By-Scene Analysis * an Introduction to Shakespeare's Career and the Elizabethan Theatre * a Rich Exploration of Approaches to Staging the Play the Most Enjoyable Way to Understand a Shakespeare Play is to See It or Participate in It. This Book Presents a Historical Overview of a Midsummer Night's Dream in Performance, Recommends Film Versions, Takes a Detailed Look at Specific Productions and Includes Interviews With Three Leading Directors - Michael Boyd, Gregory Doran and Tim Supple - so That We May Get a Sense of the Extraordinary Variety of Interpretations That Are Possible - a Variety That Gives Shakespeare His Unique Capacity to Be Reinvented and Made 'Our Contemporary' Four Centuries After His Death. Www.Rscshakesp