A Midsummer Night's Dream

图书标准信息

• 作者 William Shakespeare（威廉·莎士比亚） 著；Wolfgang Clemen 编
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1998-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780451526960
• 定价 25.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 240页
• 丛书 Signet Classics

【内容简介】

UniquefeaturesoftheSignetClassicShakespeare

AnextensiveoverviewofShakespeare'slife,world,andtheaterbythegeneraleditoroftheSignetClassicShakespeareseries,SylvanBarnet

Aspecialintroductiontotheplaybytheeditor,J.A.Bryant,Jr.,UniversityofKentucky

SourcefromwhichShakespearederivedRomeoandJuliet—ArthurBrooke'sTheTragicallHistoryeofRomeusandJuliet

Dramaticcriticismfromthepastandpresent:commentariesbySamuelJohnson,SamuelTaylorColeridge,MichaelGoldman,SusanSnyder,MarianneNovy

Acomprehensivestageandscreenhistoryofnotableactors,directors,andproductionsofRomeoandJuliet,thenandnow

Text,notes,andcommentariesprintedintheclearest,mostreadabletype

Up-to-datelistofrecommendedreadings

《仲夏夜之梦》是莎士比亚最富创造性的剧作之一。莎士比亚把希腊、罗马神话和英国民间传说杂糅在一起。全剧描写了四个层次的人物：空灵虚幻的仙王、仙后、仙童和小仙；公爵和他的新夫人；两对青年男女；还有六个粗俗的工匠。他们之间的关系错综复杂，仙界的争吵引起天时的反常和人情的错讹。最后，仙王与仙后和好，两对青年在公爵的婚礼后也成了亲。全剧充满了笑料，穿插以音乐、舞蹈和戏中戏，笼罩以夏夜神秘的月光和阴影，使人读了也随之进入诗境、梦境、仙境。

【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.

莎士比亚的代表作有四大悲剧：《哈姆雷特》(英：Hamlet)、《奥赛罗》（英：Othello)、《李尔王》（英：King Lear）、《麦克白》（英：Mac Beth）。著名喜剧：《仲夏夜之梦》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《皆大欢喜》（《As you like it》）。历史剧：《亨利四世》《亨利五世》《查理二世》。正剧：《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。还写过154首十四行诗，二首长诗。本·琼森称他为“时代的灵魂”，马克思称他和古希腊的埃斯库罗斯为“人类最伟大的戏剧天才”。虽然莎士比亚只用英文写作，但他却是世界著名作家。他的大部分作品都已被译成多种文字，其剧作也在许多国家上演。"