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For all time, chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies at the university of birmingham, general editor of the penguin and oxford editions of shakespeare s w. Stanley wells has distilled nearly half a centurys experience as one of the most respected critics and editors of shakespeare to produce shakespeare. Stanley wells on his favourite shakespeare performances youtube. Beautiful, poignant, and intriguing, they describe the poets passionate friendship with a young man, his friends seduction by the poets own mistress, his friends relationship with a rival poet, and most famously, shakespeare s humiliated infatuation with the dark lady, a woman coloured ill, who. The complete works stanley wells, gary taylor, john.

Mowat in romeo and juliet, shakespeare creates a violent world, read more. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from shakespeare s time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. Provides a lively and accessible authorcentric history of shakespeare and the stage. Great shakespeare actors burbage to branagh stanley wells. Looking at his early life and education, wells explores shakespeare s. The oxford shakespeare the complete works stanley wells and. Whether dealing with his legacy in the fields of the visual arts, music, cinema, theatre or television, the book celebrates all shakespearean manifestations, their imperfections notwithstanding.

Wells talked about his book shakespeare for all time, published by oxford university press. Apr 24, 2012 stanley wells argues that shakespeares many portrayals of love reflect his own life. A new book by the preeminent shakespearean critic stanley wells. The first eighteen volumes were edited by allardyce nicoll, numbers 1933 by kenneth muir and numbers 3452 by stanley wells.

From the entry of shakespeares birth in the stratford church register to a norwegian production of macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly illustrated book tells the story of shakespeares life, his writings, and his afterlife. Apr 17, 2015 drawing on a longstanding love for shakespeare and the theatre stanley wells talks about his favourite shakespeare stage performances to date. The result is a brilliant survey of the worlds most famous writer, of whom ben jonson claimed he was not of an age. For all time, a definitive account of shakespeare life, writing and afterlife. One of the worlds foremost shakespearians, professor sir stanley wells cbe, frsl is a former life trustee 19752017 and former chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust 19912011, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies of the university of birmingham, and honorary emeritus governor of the royal shakespeare theatre, of which he was for many years vicechairman.

It includes over forty specially commissioned essays by an outstanding team of scholars. Sawmill thats a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion henry v. Looking at his early life and education, wells explores shakespeares social. It is a history of shakespeare from his time to ours, including shakespeare s life and subsequent theatrical performance, but excluding critical analysis and interpretation of the plays. Biography, criticism and interpretation, dictionaries, dictionaries, indexes. The first part of the book is an evocative biographical sketch, scotching many myths was shakespeare. For all time, chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies at the. His singleauthored books include literature and drama 1970, royal shakespeare, 1977 second edition 1978, shakespeare.

Professor wells has an extensive record of publications, mostly concerned with shakespeare and his contemporaries. May 07, 2017 sir stanley wells delivers the 2017 rose theatre shakespeare birthday lecture. From the entry of shakespeare s birth in the stratford church register to a norwegian production of macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly illustrated book tells the story of shakespeare s life, his writings, and his afterlife. The book takes a nononsense approach to shakespeare, laying out the basic facts we know about him and the theatre of his time, and then devoting much of the book. Ever wanted to read one book to know about the life of shakespeare and the life of his plays. In this new offering from stanley wells, the preeminent shakespearian scholar, comes a very short introduction to the life and writings of the worlds greatest and bestknown dramatists. Stanley wells can do no wrong, and this is yet another example.

Chapters study the growth of his reputation from that of a popular london playwright to the. He explores how the early definitions and theoretical discussions of the concept of tragedy in shakespeare s time would have influenced these plays, along with the literary influence of seneca. Stanley wells s most popular book is the shakespeare book. Sir stanley william wells, cbe born 21 may 1930 is a shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor who has been honorary president of the shakespeare birthplace trust, professor emeritus at birmingham university, and author of many books about shakespeare, including shakespeare sex. Sure, i promise you ill do that if i ever run into him.

Shakespeare scholar wells creates sketches of the playwrights life by examining artifacts and documents. For all time, chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies at the university of birmingham, general editor of the penguin and oxford editions of shakespeares works and coeditor of more about stanley wells. He gained his doctorate at the shakespeare institute of the university of birmingham in 1962, and taught there until 1978, and then again from 1987 when he. Sep 20, 2002 shakespeare by stanley wells, 9780333904992, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It is a history of shakespeare from his time to ours, including shakespeares life and subsequent theatrical performance, but excluding critical analysis and interpretation of the plays. For all time, chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies at the university of birmingham, general editor of the penguin and oxford editions of shakespeare s works and coeditor of more about stanley wells. For all time stanley wells oxford university press. The result is that wells brings us as close to an understanding of the man, the. This work is the capstone achievement of a long and brilliant career in shakespearian scholarship of the stratfordian camp. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. Biography shakespeare, and history of theatre shakespeare. From the entry of shakespeares birth in the stratford church register to a norwegian production of macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly illustrated book. William shakespeare a very short introduction book summary. Pdf 1599 a year in the life of william shakespeare download.

For all time by stanley wells, 9780195160932, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Download all the episodes from the series and listen at your leisure. Bbc radio 3 the essay, shakespeare and love, stanley wells. A book on shakespeare, it is said, is published every day somewhere in the world. Interview with shakespeare scholar and editor stanley wells. Stanley wells has 154 books on goodreads with 15943 ratings. Stanley wellss most popular book is the shakespeare book. Sir stanley william wells, cbe born 21 may 1930 is a shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor who has been honorary president of the shakespeare birthplace trust, professor emeritus at birmingham university, and author of many books about shakespeare, including shakespeare sex and love, and is general editor of the oxford and penguin shakespeares. Aug 26, 2006 simon callow savours stanley wells s entertaining account of the english renaissance theatre and its luminaries, shakespeare and co simon callow sat 26 aug 2006 18. Wells navigates through shakespeares afterlife with wit and authority.

Based on the work for the complete oxford edition orig. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Buy shakespeare and co christopher marlowe, thomas dekker, ben jonson, thomas middleton, john fletcher and the other players in his story by stanley wells, in very good condition. Examines the life and work of 40 of the greatest shakespeare actors from shakespeare himself to the present day greats. Dec 01, 2002 shakespeare for all time by stanley wells macmillan. A new source for the history of eighteenthcentury bookselling. He writes about the lives and works of the other major writers of the day and discusses shakespeares relationshipssometimes collaborativewith each of them.

Shakespeare bites back free book blogging shakespeare. Buy stanley wells ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. The book takes a nononsense approach to shakespeare, laying out the basic facts we know about him and the theatre of his time, and then devoting much of the book to shakespeares afterlife. Shakespeare and stratford shakespeare in london shakespeare the writer the growth of the legend. In this comprehensive and compelling study, stanley wells explores the wide range of meanings that the plays can generate and analyzes their literary and dramatic craftsmanship in terms that are accessible to the nonspecialist, even to readers with no previous knowledge or experience of shakespeare. Stanley wells shakespeare for all time, published in 2003, attempts to put the man back into the myth without undermining the mythos. From the home of british embassy charge daffaires tony brenton, mr. An illustrated dictionary 1978 2nd edition 1985, reediting shakespeare for the modern reader 1984, and.

Stephen greenblatt, university of california at berkeley general editor w walter cohen cornell university, jean e. Jun 01, 2010 this fine book is aimed at those adept with shakespeares works, but is nonetheless enjoyable by those with a more passing love of his oeuvre. From the entry of shakespeares birth in the stratford church register to a. Sep 27, 20 at the end of my shakespeare week in stratforduponavon, i sat down with shakespeare scholar stanley wells.

Stanley wells tries to steer a course between those who seek to airbrush the sexuality from wills works, and those who see a sexual pun or reference in every other word. Stanley wells explores the theatre world from behind the scenes, examining how the great actors of the time influenced shakespeares work. Finally received the book and its a completely different edition. Edited by stanley wells and lena cowen orlin, this stimulating and comprehensive guide to shakespeare is an ideal text for undergraduate students. Stanley wells the first part of this work is an evocative biographical sketch, scotching many myths and fleshing out the meagre facts into a rounded portrait of the man. Shakespeare bites back is a book stanley wells and i have. Shakespeare and co, by stanley wells the independent.

He has published many books and articles on the subject and lectured all over the world. A new source for the history of eighteenth century bookselling. Books by stanley wells author of the shakespeare book. For all time, chairman of the shakespeare birthplace trust, emeritus professor of shakespeare studies at the university of birmingham, general editor of the penguin and oxford editions of shakespeares works and coeditor of more about stanley. Professor wells is the honorary president of the shakespeare birthplace trust, professor emeritus at the university of birmingham, the author of numerous books and articles about shakespeare, and is general editor of the oxford and penguin shakespeares. Drawing on a lifetimes experience of studying, teaching, editing, and writing about shakespeare, stanley wells combines. Great shakespeare actors hardcover stanley wells oxford. The worlds leading expert on shakespeare, professor stanley wells talks to the literateur about the life portrait, loopy conspiracy theorists, his favourite play and his fondness for owls. Born in 1930, stanley wells is a renowned authority on shakespeare and other writers of his time. Sep 05, 2003 stanley wells has distilled nearly half a centurys experience as one of the most respected critics and editors of shakespeare to produce shakespeare. In this very short introduction stanley wells considers what is meant by the word tragedy, and discusses nine of shakespeare s iconic tragic plays. Stanley wellss enjoyable book makes us want to look again at some of them, particularly as scripts for the theatre, since time and again, and against the.