Sophocles: Ajax
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$33.13
- Paperback
122 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2001
Summary
Ajax: A Tragedy of Pride and Fall
King Richard III is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and frequently-performed plays. Janis Lull’s introduction to this new edition, which is based on the First Folio, emphasizes the play’s tragic themes—individual identity, determinism and choice—and stresses the importance of women’s roles. A thorough performance history of stage and film versions shows how the text has been cut, rewritten and reshaped by directors and actors to enhance the role o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521655644 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521655641 |
| Series: | Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama |
| Author: | Sophocles |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 122 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 127mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
“Richard III’s stage history is especially interesting and well presented.” Bibliotheque Humanisme
About The Author
Sophocles
Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford, Hugh Lloyd-Jones was knighted in 1989.
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