Anne Barton's final book uncovers woodland's persistent imaginative power in renaissance drama. Paying close attention to the practicalities of performance, the collection is representative of Barton's breadth of scholarship: it considers plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, court pageants, treatises on forestry and chronicle history.
Anne Barton Books
Hamlet
- 592 pages
- 21 hours of reading
The text of the classic tragedy about the struggle of Prince Hamlet to avenge his father's murder is accompanied by extensive critical notes and historical commentary
The Tempest
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island.