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Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens (Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) » (Newly Revised Edition)

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Authors: William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet (Editor), Maurice Charney
ISBN-13: 9780451529565, ISBN-10: 0451529561
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: Newly Revised Edition

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Author Biography: William Shakespeare

Book Synopsis

As part of the Signet Classics Shakespeare Series edited by Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University, this edition includes commentaries on both plays as well as up-to-date production histories.

Library Journal

The three individual plays launch the third edition of the venerable "Arden Shakespeare" series, which will see the entire canon reproduced in superior scholarly editions by the year 2000. The First Folio is a facsimile edition of the original 1623 publication of the bard's works.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface
List of abbreviations and conventions
Introduction1
Date1
Sources6
Authorship10
Early stage history12
The Longleat manuscript14
From the Restoration to the nineteenth century22
Twentieth-century performance and criticism29
Recent stage, film and critical interpretations by Sue Hall-Smith45
Note on the text61
List of characters66
The Play67
Textual analysis159
Appendix 1Titus Andronicus at the Rose167
Appendix 2Performance by a small company174
Reading list176

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