Coriolanus
By: edited by Lee Bliss ; [new introduction by Bridget Escolme].
Contributors: Bliss, Lee, 1943-
Edition: Updated ed.
Series: The new Cambridge Shakespeare
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780521429603
Subjects: Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius -- Drama; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Generals -- Drama; Rome -- Drama
Genres: Drama
Description: "This generously annotated updated edition of Coriolanus provides a thorough reconsideration of Shakespeare's remarkable, and probably his last, tragedy. A substantial introduction situates the play within its contemporary social and political contexts - dearth, riots, the struggle over authority between James I and his first parliament, the travails of Essex and Ralegh - and pays particular attention to Shakespeare's shaping of his primary source in Plutarch's Lives. It presents a fresh account of how the protagonist's personal tragedy evolves within Shakespeare's most searching exploration of the political life of a community. The edition is alert throughout to the play's theatrical potential, while the stage history also attends to the politics of performance from the 1680s onwards, including European productions following the Second World War. A new introductory section by Bridget Escolme covers recent productions of Coriolanus, and criticism of the last ten years, with particular focus on gender and the play's politics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: date, theatre, chronology; Sources; Contemporary contexts: dearth, riots, rebellions; Politics and the franchise; Essex and Ralegh; The play; Coriolanus on Shakespeare's stage; Stage history; Recent stage and critical interpretations, by Bridget Escolme; Note on the text; List of characters; THE PLAY; Textual analysis; Appendix: lineation; Reading list.