{"product_id":"much-ado-about-nothing-deborah-cartmell-9781350126534","title":"Much ADO about Nothing: A Critical Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers an accessible and thought-provoking guide to this major Shakespearean comedy, surveying its key themes and evolving critical preoccupations. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play's rich stage and screen performance, looking closely at major contemporary performances, including Josie Rourke's film starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones at the Old Vic, and the RSC's recent rebranding of it as a sequel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving through to four new critical essays, the guide opens up fresh perspectives, including contemporary directors' deployment of older actors within the lead roles, the play's relationship to \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, its presence on Youtube and the ways in which tales and ruses in the play belong to a wider concern with varieties of crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume finishes with a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Cartmell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350126535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350126534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.58d","brand":"Deborah Cartmell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254918607103,"sku":"9781350126534","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a5a9944-413a-4a7d-b022-6748dadb1704.jpg?v=1694615076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/much-ado-about-nothing-deborah-cartmell-9781350126534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}