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.