|
Loading... The Tempestpor William Shakespeare
Recomendações do LibraryThingRecomendações de membros
A carregar...
não
provavelmente não
provavelmente sim
sim
adorará Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se gostará deste livro. Kind of a statement about colonialism, a bit...? (  ) maryjanemanolos | Nov 7, 2009 |  moonsoar | Jun 13, 2009 | http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1220447... I was surprised to discover how little I knew of this play. The central character is Prospero, former Duke of Milan and now stranded magician; he manages to capture his former political enemies on his island, and compels one of them to marry his daughter while confusing the others with sorcery. Particularly since this is the last of Shakespeare's solo plays, it's attractive to see Prospero as the playwright himself, manipulating the spirits and the visitors to the island as the playwright does the actors and the audience. I find him an unsettling, sinister character, and his brother was probably right to kick him out of office in Milan. (Another post coming on Prospero and the First Doctor.) The Caliban narrative is also instructive: Prospero has landed on the island and dispossessed and enslaved the indigenous inhabitants, decrying them as less than fully human. Jonathan Bate has written of Aimé Césaire's production of The Tempest which explicitly referenced the Caribbean; I can think of an island closer to Shakespeare geographically where this was happening in real life. As with the last couple of plays, we have an extended interruption of a musical nature - the pagan goddesses who appear to bless Ferdinand and Miranda, plus Ariel is using music as a weapon throughout the play. This must be quite a challenge to stage, and it is one which the Arkangel audio production doesn't quite rise to; indeed, despite a pretty stellar cast (Simon Russell Beale, Adrian Lester) it doesn't really feel confident in itself. But I have got hold of the 1980 BBC production and may see if I can get more enlightenment from it. (  ) nwhyte | May 15, 2009 | My favorite 'portable' edition of the play. (  ) KennethWDavis | Feb 28, 2009 | For me, the most wondrous of the plays. ( ) KennethWDavis | Feb 28, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451521250, Paperback)The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many ways—which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before.(retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) A primeira ronda de testes foi já encerrada. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais informação. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
)
