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1、THENEWCAMBRIDGESHAKESPEAREGENERALEDITORBrianGibbons,UniversityofMiinsterASSOCIATEGENERALEDITORA.R.Braunmuller,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesFromthepublicationofthefirstvolumesin1984theGeneralEditoroftheNewCambridgeShakespearewasPhilipBrockbankandtheAssociateGeneralEditorswereBri
2、anGibbonsandRobinHood.From1990to1994theGeneralEditorwasBrianGibbonsandtheAssociateGeneralEditorswereA.R.BraunmullerandRobinHood.AMIDSUMMERNIGHT'SDREAMProfessorFoakesoffersanewperspectiveonShakespeare'smostpopularcomedy,andalsoaprofoundarchetypalplay.Theintroductiondescribesthetwoma
3、intraditionsinthestagehistoryofAMidsummerNight'sDream,oneemphasisingcharmandinnocence,theotherstressingdarkersuggestionsofviolenceandsexuality,andrelatesthemtosimilartraditionsincriticalinterpretation,showingthatbotharenecessarytoafullunderstandingoftheplay.Illustrationsshowthevari
4、etyofwaysinwhichtheplayhasbeenstaged,includingPeterBrook's1970production.Theeditorialcommentaryisespeciallyconcernedtohelpthereadervisualisetheplayinperformance.ForthisupdatededitionofAMidsummerNight'sDreamtheeditorhasaddedanewsectiontotheIntroductionwhichtakesaccountofthenumberofi
5、mportantprofessionaltheatreper•formancessincethefamousPeterBrookproductionof1970,andthelargeoutputofscholarlycriticismontheplaywhichhasappearedinrecentyears.TheReadingListhasalsobeenrevisedandaugmented.THENEWCAMBRIDGESHAKESPEAREAll'sWellThatEndsWell,editedbyRussellFraserAntonyandCl
6、eopatra,editedbyDavidBevingtonAsYouLikeIt,editedbyMichaelHattawayTheComedyofErrors,editedbyT.S.DorschCoriolanus,editedbyLeeBlissHamlet,editedbyPhilipEdwardsJuliusCaesar,editedbyMarvinSpevackKingEdwardIII,editedbyGiorgioMelchioriTheFirstPartofKingHenryIV,editedbyHerbertWeilandJudith
7、WeilTheSecondPartofKingHenryIV,editedbyGiorgioMelchioriKingHenryV,editedbyAndrewGurrTheFirstPartofKingHenryVI,editedbyMichaelHattawayTheSecondPartofKingHenryVI,editedbyMichaelHattawayTheThirdPartofKingHenryVI,editedbyMichaelHattawayKingHenryVIII,editedbyJohnMargesonKingJohn,editedb
8、yL.A.BeaurlineTheTragedyof
