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Kliatt Paperback Review
These are highly recommended wherever there is an interest in classical drama.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:
• The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards
• Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings
• Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play
• Critical, contextual and staging notes
• Photographs of productions where applicable
• A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.
Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Doctor Faustus,Christopher Marlowe,Sylvan Barnet,Signet Classics,0451527798,Classics,Drama,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Faust,,Fiction,Germany,Literature: Classics,Magicians,Plays / Drama,d. ca. 1540,Faust,History / United States / General
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