kitchen nutcrackers
the tragedy of hamlet prince of denmark
george lyman kittredges insightful editions of shakespeare have endured in part because of his eclecticism his diversity of interests and his wide ranging accomplishments all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume . p these new editions have specific emphasis on the performance histories of the plays on stage and screen . p features of each edition include the introduction to the original kittredge editioneditors introduction to the focus edition . an overview on major themes of the plays and sections on the plays performance history on stage and screen.explanatory notes . the explanatory notes either expand on kittredges superb glosses or in the case of plays for which he did not write notes give the needed explanations for shakespeares sometimes demanding language.performance notes . these appear separately and immediately below the textual footnotes and include discussions of noteworthy stagings of the plays issues of interpretation and film and stage choices.how to read the play as performance section . a discussion of the written play vs. the play as performed and the various ways in which shakespeares words allow the reader to envision the work off the page.comprehensive timeline . covering major historical events with brief annotations as well as relevant details from shakespeares life . some of the chronologies include time chronologies within the plays.topics for discussion and further study section . critical issues dealing with the text in a larger context and considerations of character genre language and interpretative problems . performance issues problems and intricacies of staging the play connected to chief issues discussed in the focus editions introduction.select bibliography & filmographyimages from major productions for comparison and scene study .