King Richard III
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King Richard III
69.99 €
"Richard III", one of Shakespeare's most popular plays of all time, occupies a special place in his dramatic canon: preserving the integrity and unity of the fractal, it completes the "York" tetralogy (three-part chronicle of the War of the Roses) and serves as the denouement of the entire cycle of historical plays, whose prologue is "King John" and epilogue "Henry VIII". "Richard III" - the first in a series of Shakespeare's works contra tyrannos, in the power of the tyrannous element equal to "Macbeth". No other play has such a set of bright historical and journalistic sources ("The History of Richard III" by T. Mohr, "The Mirror. More, "The Mirror for Rulers", the chronicles of E. Hall and R. Holinsheda). No other play allows us to trace so clearly the formation of a genre synthesis that combines mystery, chronicle, tragedy and farce. This synthesis demonstrates the continuing influence of medieval religious theater on the Elizabethan stage and is of defining importance in Shakespeare's drama.
This edition explores a number of controversial issues and offers hypotheses concerning the timing of the play's creation and production, the mishap of the troupe's patron Lord Strang and his mother, the problem of succession to the throne, and the Jesuit missions in Elizabethan England that produced actual historical models for the play's characters. At the same time, the topical agenda does not obscure or exhaust the depth of this play, as if written by the pen of a "theological poet": its philosophy of history, inscribed in the history of salvation and familiar to the public from the cycle of mystery plays. A new equilinear translation of Richard III has been made for this edition. Also presented in Russian translation are fragments from "The Union of Lancaster and York" (1548) "Chronicle" by Edward Hall and excerpts of tragedies from the religious and didactic collection "The Mirror for Rulers". For a wide range of readers.
This edition explores a number of controversial issues and offers hypotheses concerning the timing of the play's creation and production, the mishap of the troupe's patron Lord Strang and his mother, the problem of succession to the throne, and the Jesuit missions in Elizabethan England that produced actual historical models for the play's characters. At the same time, the topical agenda does not obscure or exhaust the depth of this play, as if written by the pen of a "theological poet": its philosophy of history, inscribed in the history of salvation and familiar to the public from the cycle of mystery plays. A new equilinear translation of Richard III has been made for this edition. Also presented in Russian translation are fragments from "The Union of Lancaster and York" (1548) "Chronicle" by Edward Hall and excerpts of tragedies from the religious and didactic collection "The Mirror for Rulers". For a wide range of readers.
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