His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Daniell highlights Cicero's speech as a key to understanding its elusiveness: 'men may construe things after their fashion'. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

Not to mention it took me nearly a month to receive the item, the one I received does no at all correspond with the description. This edition of one of Shakespeare's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.like new', the one I received is nothing like that: the cover page is kind of worn out; there are notes running through the book; what's worse, there is even the last user's name written on the fore page! In addition to his work as an editor, he has published studies of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and the Stuart Court Masque, among others, though it is for his work as an editor that he is primarily known. The introduction sets the play in the context of the last years of Elizabeth I's reign, with rebellion stirring and conflicts over the calendar. Edited by leading Shakespeare scholars and supported by extensive notes, the Arden Shakespeare is recommended for students studying at A-level and above.

At the height of his career, he wrote an average of two plays a year as well as dozens of poems, songs, and possibly even verses for tombstones and heraldic shields, all while he continued to act in the plays performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men.Although first published in 1998, this 3rd edition Arden has by no means been superseded, and can expect a long shelf-life ahead.