Descrizione
a cura di J. PignetElves, fairies, fairytale woods, supernatural kings and queens are some of the characters of Shakespeare's most magical comedy. It presents three stories connected by the celebration of the wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hyppolita, Queen of the Amazons. Four young people have to deal with the mysteries of love and passion and their changing moods, unaware of the actions that supernatural entities perform against them, while a group of "rude mechanicals" stage a rough comedy, a play within a play…
A comic-strip version accompanied by inserts on the sources of the play, its fortune, symbols and themes as well as its film and musical versions.
Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities.
Versione a fumetti dell'opera teatrale in cui Shakespeare libera maggiormente la sua fantasia: folletti, elfi, fate, foreste intricate costituiscono alcuni degli elementi della commedia più misteriosa e magica del drammaturgo inglese. Essa presenta tre storie intrecciate, collegate tra loro dalla celebrazione del matrimonio tra Theseus, duca di Atene, e Hippolyta, Regina delle Amazzoni. Quattro giovani sono alle prese con i misteri del sentimento e della passione, con la loro assoluta mutevolezza, mentre entità soprannaturali agiscono a loro insaputa e un gruppo di manovali inscena una rozza commedia, teatro nel teatro...
Indice
William Shakespeare4Chapter 1 - The price of disobedience7Extension: Sources and dates20Chapter 2 - A plan for revenge21Extension: The Globe33Chapter 3 - The charm begins to work34Extension: The fortune of the play46Chapter 4 - A great confusion47Extension: Film versions58Chapter 5 - Is that all a trick?60Extension: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in music71Chapter 6 - A new dream begins72Extension: Symbols and themes85Summing-up activities86A passage for acting89Glossary91
Dettagli
EditoreEdiscoPagine100ISBN9788844118389Anno2024