A Midsummer Night's Dream

图书标准信息

• 作者 William Shakespeare（威廉·莎士比亚） 著；Robert Kean、James Hammersmith 编
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1988-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213003
• 定价 21.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Magic,lovespells,andanenchantedwoodprovidethematerialsforoneofShakespeare'smostdelightfulcomedies.Whenfouryounglovers,fleeingtheAthenianlawandtheirownmismatchedrivalries,taketotheforestofAthens,theirlivesbecomeentangledwithafeudbetweentheKingandQueenoftheFairies.SomeAtheniantradesmen,rehearsingaplayfortheforthcomingweddingofDukeTheseusandhisbride,Hippolyta,unintentionallyaddtothehilarity.Theresultisamarvelousmix-upofdesireandenchantment,merrimentandfarce,alltouchedbyShakespeare'sinimitablevisionoftheintriguingrelationshipbetweenartandlife,dreamsandthewakingworld.
EachEditionIncludes:
-Comprehensiveexplanatorynotes
-Vividintroductionsandthemostup-to-datescholarship
-Clear,modernizedspellingandpunctuation,enablingcontemporaryreaderstounderstandtheElizabethanEnglish
-Completelyupdated,detailedbibliographiesandperformancehistories
-Aninterpretiveessayonfilmadaptationsoftheplay,alongwithanextensivefilmography

【作者简介】

WilliamShakespearewasborninStratford-upon-AvoninApril1564,andhisbirthistraditionallycelebratedonApril23.Thefactsofhislife,knownfromsurvivingdocuments,aresparse.HewasoneofeightchildrenborntoJohnShakespeare,amerchantofsomestandinginhiscommunity.WilliamprobablywenttotheKing'sNewSchoolinStratford,buthehadnouniversityeducation.InNovember1582,attheageofeighteen,hemarriedAnneHathaway,eightyearshissenior,whowaspregnantwiththeirfirstchild,Susanna.ShewasbornonMay26,1583.Twins,aboy,Hamnet(whowoulddieatageeleven),andagirl,Judith,werebornin1585.By1592ShakespearehadgonetoLondonworkingasanactorandalreadyknownasaplaywright.Arivaldramatist,RobertGreene,referredtohimas"anupstartcrow,beautifiedwithourfeathers."Shakespearebecameaprincipalshareholderandplaywrightofthesuccessfulactingtroupe,theLordChamberlain'sMen(laterunderJamesI,calledtheKing'sMen).In1599theLordChamberlain'sMenbuiltandoccupiedtheGlobeTheaterinSouthwarkneartheThamesRiver.HeremanyofShakespeare'splayswereperformedbythemostfamousactorsofhistime,includingRichardBurbage,WillKempe,andRobertArmin.Inadditiontohis37plays,Shakespearehadahandinothers,includingSirThomasMoreandTheTwoNobleKinsmen,andhewrotepoems,includingVenusandAdonisandTheRapeofLucrece.His154sonnetswerepublished,probablywithouthisauthorization,in1609.In1611or1612hegaveuphislodgingsinLondonanddevotedmoreandmoretimetoretirementinStratford,thoughhecontinuedwritingsuchplaysasTheTempestandHenryVIIuntilabout1613.HediedonApril231616,andwasburiedinHolyTrinityChurch,Stratford.Nocollectededitionofhisplayswaspublishedduringhislife-time,butin1623twomembersofhisactingcompany,JohnHemingesandHenryCondell,puttogetherthegreatcollectionnowcalledtheFirstFolio.

【目录】

Introduction

A Midsummer Night's Dream on Stage

A Midsummer Night's Dream on Screen

The Playhouse

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Date and Text

Textual Notes

Shakespeare's Sources

Further Reading

Memorable Lines