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Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.

Each edition offers:
-Facing-page notes
-Short, clear definitions of words
-Easily accessible information about key textual variants
-Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words
-An easy-to-read layout
-Space to write notes
-A short introduction to the play



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We’ve been working from the Arden Performance Edition on our latest production of The Tempest. Its clarity, layout and robustness make it perfect for actors and creatives to work from. Eminently playable, clear and practical, it’s the ideal rehearsal resource. * Sean Holmes, Shakespeare’s Globe *

Table of Contents
Introduction The Tempest Longer Notes

The Tempest Arden Performance Editions

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    A Paperback / softback by William Shakespeare, Miranda Fay Thomas

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 7 October 2021
      ISBN-13 9781350133952
      978-1350133952
      ISBN-10 1350133957
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.

      Each edition offers:
      -Facing-page notes
      -Short, clear definitions of words
      -Easily accessible information about key textual variants
      -Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words
      -An easy-to-read layout
      -Space to write notes
      -A short introduction to the play



      Trade Review
      We’ve been working from the Arden Performance Edition on our latest production of The Tempest. Its clarity, layout and robustness make it perfect for actors and creatives to work from. Eminently playable, clear and practical, it’s the ideal rehearsal resource. * Sean Holmes, Shakespeare’s Globe *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction The Tempest Longer Notes

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