All's Well That Ends WellRandom House Publishing Group, 13 de set. de 2011 - 224 páginas “A young man married is a man that’s marr’d.” —All’s Well That Ends Well Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic play about gender, desire, and sexual love. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: • an original Introduction to All’s Well That Ends Well • incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work • commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers • photographs of key RSC productions • an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronology of his plays Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
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... Bertram is like most young men of every era : he wants to be one of the boys , to prove his manhood . Enlistment in the army provides the ideal opportunity . He wants to sow some wild oats along the way , but is not ready for mar- riage ...
... Bertram is like most young men of every era : he wants to be one of the boys , to prove his manhood . Enlistment in the army provides the ideal opportunity . He wants to sow some wild oats along the way , but is not ready for mar- riage ...
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... Bertram represents modernity in that he acts according to an exis- tential principle : he follows his own self , not some preexistent code of duty , service to his monarch , or obligation to the older generation . One word for this code ...
... Bertram represents modernity in that he acts according to an exis- tential principle : he follows his own self , not some preexistent code of duty , service to his monarch , or obligation to the older generation . One word for this code ...
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... Bertram rejects Helen . The idea of unquestioning obedience to the King's will is itself a thing “ supernatural and causeless . " It depends upon an " unknown fear , " the mystique of monarchy , the idea that the King is God's ...
... Bertram rejects Helen . The idea of unquestioning obedience to the King's will is itself a thing “ supernatural and causeless . " It depends upon an " unknown fear , " the mystique of monarchy , the idea that the King is God's ...
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... Bertram , Parolles , and Lavatch . Bertram has to be tricked out of his sexual selfishness and Parolles out of his vainglory , but still Shake- speare the role - player and wordsmith invests huge dramatic energy in the darker characters ...
... Bertram , Parolles , and Lavatch . Bertram has to be tricked out of his sexual selfishness and Parolles out of his vainglory , but still Shake- speare the role - player and wordsmith invests huge dramatic energy in the darker characters ...
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... Bertram , meanwhile , only comes to realize how much Helen is to be valued when she has been lost . The fiction of comedy gives him a second chance to love her . But in the modern world where there are no miracles , " all's well that ...
... Bertram , meanwhile , only comes to realize how much Helen is to be valued when she has been lost . The fiction of comedy gives him a second chance to love her . But in the modern world where there are no miracles , " all's well that ...
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Textual Notes | 107 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 167 |
A Chronology | 181 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 191 |
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Act 3 Scene actors All's asks audience believe Bertram captain character Clown Lavatch comedy costumes Count Rossillion COUNTESS LAVATCH court critics cure daughter death DIANA KING drum Duke editors Ends Enter Helen Exit farewell Florence Folio fool France French GENTLEMAN give Gregory Doran Guy Henry hath heaven HELEN PAROLLES Henry honest honour husband INTERPRETER Jonathan Bate Judi Dench King's knave lady LAVATCH leave letter Lines live Lord Dumaine Love's Labour's Won madam maid marriage marry Measure for Measure Michael Billington modern mother Narbon never noble pardon PAROLLES BERTRAM PAROLLES LAFEW performance play play's praised pray Problem Comedies production Reynaldo ring Royal Shakespeare Company SECOND LORD sense sexual Shakespeare soldier speak stage Stratford sweet tell theater thee thine Thomas Middleton thou to't Tragedy Trevor Nunn virginity vows Widow wife woman word young