Overview
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of
Shakespeare's touching fable of loss and reunion. With an expert
introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a
historical overview of Pericles in performance, takes a detailed look at
specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this
edition are interviews with three leading directors and an actor -
Adrian Noble, Dominic Cooke, Adrian Jackson and Laura Rees - providing
an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of
interpretations that are possible.
This edition also includes an
essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the
reader to understand the play as it was originally intended - as living
theatre to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal for students,
theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions
offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and
rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.