{"product_id":"richard-iii-arden-performance-edition-9781350445772","title":"Richard III: Arden Performance Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. \u003c\/b\u003eTraversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by academic and director, Abigail Rokison-Woodall and the leading Shakespearean actor, Sir Simon Russell Beale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArden Performance Editions\u003c\/b\u003e are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesigned to be used and to be useful, each edition has plenty of space for personal annotations and the well-spaced text is easy to read and to navigate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach edition offers: \u003cbr\u003e- Short, clear definitions of words\u003cbr\u003e- Information about key textual variants\u003cbr\u003e- Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words\u003cbr\u003e- An easy to read layout with space to write your own notes\u003cbr\u003e- A short introduction to the play\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbigail Rokison-Woodall\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. Her first monograph, \u003ci\u003eShakespearean Verse Speaking \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Shakespeare's Globe first book award. As well as writing a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and theatre, she has also published \u003ci\u003eShakespeare for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It: Language and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also works on the RSC's 'Signing Shakespeare', a project which has produced a series of resources and films for teaching Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003eto deaf children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Simon Russell Beale\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading Shakespearean actor of his generation, having played \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, Malvolio, \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e, Benedick, Falstaff, Prospero and \u003ci\u003eRichard II \u003c\/i\u003ein film and television over more than thirty years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arden Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276765036818,"sku":"9781350445772","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bbf13e1c-1063-4440-b604-37c16a9f504b.jpg?v=1747137715","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/richard-iii-arden-performance-edition-9781350445772","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}