the play as performed and the various ways in which Shakespeareand#8217 s words allow the reader to envision the work "off the page." How to read the play as Performance Section. These appear separately and immediately below the textual footnotes and include discussions of noteworthy stagings of the plays, issues of interpretation, and film and stage choices. The explanatory notes either expand on Kittredgeand#8217 s superb glosses, or, in the case of plays for which he did not write notes, give the needed explanations for Shakespeareand#8217 s sometimes demanding language. An overview on major themes of the plays, and sections on the playand#8217 s performance history on stage and screen. Editorand#8217 s Introduction to the Focus Edition. The original introduction to the Kittredge Edition These new editions have specific emphasis on the performance histories of the plays (on stage and screen). George Lyman Kittredgeand#8217 s insightful editions of Shakespeare have endured in part because of his eclecticism, his diversity of interests, and his wide-ranging accomplishments, all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume.
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