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Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters
Robert Thomas Fallon
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Description for Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 603.
Following on his successful Guides to the plots and themes of Shakespeare's plays, Robert Fallon now explores the world of characters created by the Bard. Like Mr. Fallon's earlier books, A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters is designed to enhance the playgoer's enjoyment of a performance, but it also makes for enlightening reading after the show. Intended for the general reader, it is written in plain but not inelegant English and avoids the specialized language of the theater and the academy. More than eight hundred characters appear in Shakespeare's thirty-eight plays—an astonishing variety of kings and queens, mothers and fathers, ... Read more
Following on his successful Guides to the plots and themes of Shakespeare's plays, Robert Fallon now explores the world of characters created by the Bard. Like Mr. Fallon's earlier books, A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters is designed to enhance the playgoer's enjoyment of a performance, but it also makes for enlightening reading after the show. Intended for the general reader, it is written in plain but not inelegant English and avoids the specialized language of the theater and the academy. More than eight hundred characters appear in Shakespeare's thirty-eight plays—an astonishing variety of kings and queens, mothers and fathers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635707
SKU
V9781566635707
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About Robert Thomas Fallon
Robert Thomas Fallon is professor emeritus of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia. In addition to A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare (which concerned itself largely with plot) and A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Themes, he has written three books on John Milton. He lives in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Reviews for Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters
Each character profile is constructed as an informal...essay, with a minimum of footnotes, jargon, and arcane debates...
Reference and Research Book News
The sketches Fallon offers increase our appreciation for the breathtaking scale of Shakespeare’s achievement.
Tennessean
...Provides fans and students of the Bard with a companion guide to the people of his plays.
Library ... Read more
Reference and Research Book News
The sketches Fallon offers increase our appreciation for the breathtaking scale of Shakespeare’s achievement.
Tennessean
...Provides fans and students of the Bard with a companion guide to the people of his plays.
Library ... Read more