RSC/Modern Library Edition of The Tempest
September 2, 2008
The Shakespeare publishing industry showed no signs of slowing down in August. Nearly four dozen Shakespeare related book were released during the month. A couple of highlights include a new paperback series of Shakespeare’s plays published by the Royal Shakespeare Company and a “new” Shakespeare play adapted by novelist John Reed.
The new Royal Shakespeare Company editions will be taken from the RSC Complete Works, which was published last year. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, who edited the RSC Complete Works, will oversee the new series.
Each edition features supporting materials including introductory and analytical essays; historical overviews of the play in performance; recommendations on the best film versions to watch; and interviews with leading actors, directors and designers
The new series is now available in the Unites States through Modern Library and will be available in the United Kingdom next month through Palgrave Macmillan. The first five volumes to be released are A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III, The Tempest and Hamlet. The remaining volumes will be issued in groups of five or six for the next three years until the series is complete.
Author John Reed’s “new” Shakespearean tragedy, All the World’s a Grave, was created by piecing together lines drawn from Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Henry V. The plot goes something like this: Prince Hamlet goes to war for Juliet, the daughter of King Lear. Having captured Juliet as his bride, he returns home to find that his mother has murdered his father and married Macbeth. Enter Iago, who persuades Hamlet that Juliet is having an affair with Romeo. As the Prince goes mad with jealousy, King Lear mounts his army.
The play has received early praise from Sir Ian McKellen and a brief staging in New York over the Labor Day weekend.
The following is a list of Shakespeare-related books released in August. Every attempt was made to be a comprehensive as possible but some books may not be listed. Please note that some of the books may not yet be available despite having an official release date in August.
Criticism and Scholarly Research
Caliban’s Voice: The Transformation of English in Postcolonial Literatures (Hardcover) - Available in UK
by Bill Ashcroft (Author)
Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition
ISBN-10: 0415470439
ISBN-13: 978-0415470438
(Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0415470447
ISBN-13: 978-0415470445
Shakespeare, National Poet-Playwright (Paperback)
by Patrick Cheney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 9780521072250
Shakespeare’s World/World Shakespeares: The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress Brisbane, 2006 (Hardcover)
by Richard Fotheringham (Editor), R. S. White (Editor), Christa Jansohn (Editor), International Shakespeare Association, World Congress Staff (Contribution by)
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN-13: 9780874139891
A Comparison of Six Adaptations of Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” 1681-1962: How Changing Politics Influence the Interpretation of a Text (Hardcover) - Available in UK
by David George
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN-10: 0773449841
ISBN-13: 978-0773449848
Shakespeare and Laughter: A Cultural History (Hardcover)
by Indira Ghose (Author)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN-10: 0719076927
ISBN-13: 978-0719076923
Screening Shakespeare for the Complete Works of Shakespeare (Paperback) - Available in UK
by Michael Greer (Author)
Publisher: Longman; 2nd edition
ISBN-10: 020563950X
ISBN-13: 978-0205639502
Morality of Shakespeare’s Drama Illustrated (Eighteenth century Shakespeare) (Hardcover) - Available in UK
by Elizabeth Griffith (Author)
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers; New Issue edition
ISBN-10: 0714625337
ISBN-13: 978-0714625331
“Romeo and Juliet”: Parallel Texts of Quarto 1 (1597) and Quarto 2 (1599) (Paperback) - Available in UK
by Jay L. Halio (Editor)
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; 1st edition
ISBN-10: 0874130387
ISBN-13: 978-0874130386
Catholics Writing the Nation in Early Modern Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
by Christopher Highley (Author)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10: 0199533407
ISBN-13: 978-0199533404
Hamlet and the Rethinking of Man (Hardcover)
by Eric P. Levy
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
ISBN-13: 9780838641392
Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film (Hardcover)
by Madhavi Menon
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9780230606708
Shakespeare and the Law (Paperback)
by Paul Raffield (Editor), Gary Watt (Editor)
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN-10: 1841138258
ISBN-13: 978-1841138251
S.O.S.: Students on Shakespeare (Paperback)
by Jack Sette
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN-13: 9781434372871
Shakespeare Editions
The Necessary Shakespeare (Paperback)
by David Bevington
Publisher: Longman; Edition Number: 3
ISBN-13: 9780205652167
All’s Well That Ends Well - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (Author), Susan Snyder (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0199537127
ISBN-13: 978-0199537129
Cymbeline - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Roger Warren (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13: 9780199536504
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark - Modern Library Classics with Royal Shakespeare Company (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 9780812969092
Henry VI: Pt. 1 - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback) - Available in UK
by William Shakespeare (Author), Michael Taylor (Editor
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN-10: 0199537100
ISBN-13: 978-0199537105
Henry IV: Pt. 2 - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (Author), René Weis (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0199537135
ISBN-13: 978-0199537136
Henry V - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Gary Taylor (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13: 9780199536511
King John - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (Author), A. R. Braunmuller (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0199537143
ISBN-13: 978-0199537143
King Lear (Shakespeare’s First Folio) (Hardcover)
by William Shakespeare (Author)
Publisher: British Library with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
ISBN-10: 0712350314
ISBN-13: 978-0712350310
Love’s Labour’s Lost - Modern Library Classics with Royal Shakespeare Company (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 9780812969146
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (Author), T. W. Craik (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed. / edition
ISBN-10: 0199536821
ISBN-13: 978-0199536825
Midsummer Night’s Dream - Modern Library Classics with Royal Shakespeare Company (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 9780812969122
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s First Folio) (Hardcover)
by William Shakespeare (Author)
Publisher: British Library with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
ISBN-10: 0712350322
ISBN-13: 978-0712350327
Richard III - Library Classics with Royal Shakespeare Company (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 9780812969139
Richard II - Penguin Shakespeare (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (Author), Paul Edmondson (Editor, Introduction), Stanley W. Wells (Editor, Series Editor), T. J. B. Spencer (Series Editor)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN-10: 0141016639
ISBN-13: 978-0141016634
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s First Folio) (Hardcover)
by William Shakespeare (Author)
Publisher: British Library with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
ISBN-10: 0712350330
ISBN-13: 978-0712350334
The Taming of the Shrew - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, H. J. Oliver (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13: 9780199536528
The Tempest - Modern Library Classics with Royal Shakespeare Company (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 9780812969108
Timon of Athens - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback) - Available in UK
by William Shakespeare (Author), John Jowett (Editor)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN-10: 0199537445
ISBN-13: 978-0199537440
Troilus and Cressida - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Kenneth Muir (Editor
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13: 9780199536535
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, Roger Warren (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13: 9780192831422
Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies - Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
by Thomas Dekker (Author), George Chapman (Author), John Marston (Author), Ben Jonson (Author), Thomas Middleton (Author), James Knowles (Editor), Eugene Giddens (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10: 0199540101
ISBN-13: 978-0199540105
Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth 1598 (Malone Society Reprints) (Hardcover)
by Chiaki Hanabusa (Editor)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN-10: 0719077117
ISBN-13: 978-0719077111
Guy of Warwick 1661 (Malone Society Reprints) (Hardcover)
by Helen Moore (Editor)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN-10: 0719077095
ISBN-13: 978-0719077098
Education
Easy Reading Shakespeare: The Bard in Bite-size Verse: v. 1 (Hardcover) - Available in UK
by Richard Briers (Foreword), Richard Cuddington (Author)
Publisher: Book Guild Ltd
ISBN-10: 1857769112
ISBN-13: 978-1857769111
Literacy World Comets Stage 4: Three Tales from Shakespeare Guided Reading Card Framework (Hardcover) - Available in UK
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Primary Division
ISBN-10: 0435158600
ISBN-13: 978-0435158606
Mothello, the Butterfly of Venus : A High-Flying Introduction to Shakespeare for Kids (Phakespeare’s Animal Shakespeare for Children Series) (Paperback)
by Dilan MacHardy, Marc Kompaneyets (Illustrator)
Publisher: Phakespeare Productions
ISBN-13: 9780978523701
Teaching Shakespeare (Hardcover) - Available in UK
by G B Shand (Editor)
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
ISBN-10: 1405140453
ISBN-13: 978-1405140454
Shakespeare With Children: Six Scripts For Young Players (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Weinstein (Author), Anna Dallam (Illustrator)
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN-10: 1575255731
ISBN-13: 978-1575255736
Graphic Novels
Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth (Paperback)
by Robert Deas (Illustrator), Richard Appignanesi
Publisher: Abrams,Harry N Inc
ISBN-13: 9780810970731
Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by Mustashrik Mahbab (Illustrator), Richard Appignanesi
Publisher: Abrams,Harry N Inc
ISBN-13: 9780810970724
Miscellaneous
All the World’s A Grave (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare, John Reed (Editor)
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN-13: 9780452289864
