The Two Noble Kinsmen
Each edition includes:- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play- Scene-by-scene plot summaries- A key to famous lines and phrases- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language-...
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Each edition includes:- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play- Scene-by-scene plot summaries- A key to famous lines and phrases- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language- Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books- An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671722968 (0671722964)
Publish date: April 20th 2010
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Tragedy
Shakespeare's final play, a collaboration with Fletcher, is more show than substance and allegedly often stolen by the Jailer's Daughter, who plays a small but crucial role in the main plot but ends up the lead character in a bizarre and controvercial subplot that even on the page is in some ways mo...
Perhaps I will appreciate it more with a closer read (and footnotes). As is, it seemed like a spinoff of the two gentlemen of Verona with less organization and more assholes.