The Tempest

For this second edition David Lindley has revised his introduction and added a new section.

William Shakespeare (Author), David Lindley (Edited by)

9781107619579, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 May 2013

298 pages, 26 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.48 kg

Review of the first edition: 'David Lindley's edition of The Tempest is easily the most outstanding version of this ostensibly straightforward yet hugely teasing play produced over the last thirty years. Its precise and scrupulous commentary notes are careful to the variety of ways the text can be spoken on stage. Its notes on the music and songs are admirably evocative, and its economical account of the huge range of critical views will send thousands of readers out in fruitful chases after the play's own multitudinous interests.' Andrew Gurr, editor, New Variorum 'Tempest'

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of The Tempest, David Lindley has thoroughly revised the Introduction to take account of the latest developments in criticism and performance. He has also added a completely new section on casting in recent productions of the play. The complex questions this new section raises about colonisation, racial and gender stereotypes and the nature of theatrical experience are explored throughout the introduction. Careful attention is paid to dramatic form, stagecraft, and the use of music and spectacle in The Tempest, a play that is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most elusive and suggestive. A revised and updated reading list completes the edition.

List of abbreviations and conventions
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
Note on the text
List of characters
The play
Textual analysis
Appendix 1. The songs
Appendix 2. Parallel passages from Virgil and Ovid
Appendix 3. And others: casting the play
Reading list.

Subject Areas: Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS], Literary studies: plays & playwrights [DSG], Shakespeare plays [DDS]