Cymbeline Paperback / softback
by William Shakespeare
Paperback / softback
Description
One of Shakespeare's late, fantastical plays, Cymbeline considers human love and art through the thrilling wonder of the Renaissance theatre.
This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited with an introduction by John Pitcher. 'Fear no more the heat o' the sun,Nor the furious winter's rages'The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law.
Having fled to Rome, the exiled husband makes a foolish wager with a villain he encounters there - gambling on the fidelity of his abandoned wife.
Combining courtly menace and horror, comedy and melodrama,Cymbeline is a moving depiction of two young lovers driven apart by deceit and self-doubt. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to the play, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/12/2015
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- ISBN:9780141396484
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/12/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141396484