For this updated edition, David Bevington has included in hisintroductory section a thorough consideration of recent criticaland stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstratinghow the theatrical design and imagination of this play make it oneof Shakespeare's most remarkable tragedies. The edition isattentive throughout to the play as theatre: a detailed,illustrated account of the stage history is followed, in thecommentary, by discussion of staging options offered by the text.The commentary is especially full and helpful, untangling manyobscure words and phrases, illuminating sexual puns, and alertingthe reader to Shakespeare's shaping of his source material inPlutarch's Lives. This is a scholarly edition, but its scholarshipis not intrusive: it will also satisfy those approaching the playfor the first time. An updated reading list completes theedition.
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