The Island Princess - Couverture souple

Fletcher, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904271537 ISBN 13 : 9781904271536

Editeur : Arden Shakespeare, 2012

Synopsis

The Island Princess is a tragicomic romance set in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Fletcher rewrites Shakespeare's The Tempest through the encounter of Islam and Christianity and the fierce European competition for wealth at the farthest reaches of empire. The play also stages the degeneration of religious tolerance into fanaticism.
This groundbreaking edition explores the play in its gendered, political, social and religious contexts whilst also finding its resonances for a twentyfirst century audience. The critical introduction and onpage commentary notes create an ideal teaching text giving a comprehensive account of the play from both literary and performance perspectives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was an English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont on at least six plays. They began working together in about 1607 and had their first success in 1609 with Philaster; or Love Lies Bleeding.

After Beaumont's retirement in 1613, Fletcher became chief playwright for the King's Men; in addition to writing his own plays, he apparently collaborated with Shakespeare on three works: Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VIII, and a lost play, The History of Cardenio. He also collaborated with Nathan Field, William Rowley and Philip Massinger, who succeeded him to the post of the King's Men's playwright in 1625.

His own plays include the pastoral The Faithful Shepherdess (1608), the tragedy Bonduca (1613), and the comedies Wit Without Money (1614), The Wild Goose Chase (1621), and The Chances (1625), which was revived at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962. His work remained enormously popular until the end of the 17th century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arden Shakespeare
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904271537
• ISBN 13: 9781904271536
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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