基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2002. Edited by A. T. Moore. The text for this edition is based on a fresh study of the quarto of 1633, the only authoritative early text.
Full Description
A. T. Moore's thorough commentary on "Love's Sacrifice" is designed to be of use to all kinds of readers, from students of Early Modern drama to specialists in the field. The notes provide full explanations of obscure words and phrases, and offer analyzes of many aspects of staging and interpretation. The text for this edition is based on a fresh study of the quarto of 1633, the only authoritative early text. In his introduction to the play, Moore reappraises the evidence for the play's date of composition. He also looks at the circumstances of the play's genesis, presenting detailed discussions of both the theater where "Love's Sacrifice" was first performed and the acting company for which it was written. Arguing that Ford's adaptation of his source materials is the key to interpreting this remarkably allusive play, Moore provides a wealth of new information about Ford's sources.The introduction also includes a survey of critical responses, an overview of the play, stage history, and a bibliography of relevant secondary material. This new volume in the "Revels Plays" series is the most detailed and comprehensive edition of "Love's Sacrifice" ever published - and the first modern-spelling edition of Ford's tragedy in more than a century. The play's textual history is discussed in an appendix. A second appendix examines possible links between "Love's Sacrifice" and the real-life story of the murdered Italian prince and musician Carlo Gesualdo.
Contents
Introduction; 1. Ford's early career and the date of Love's Sacrifice; 2. Early performances; I. The Phoenix theatre; II. The Phoenix audiences; III. Queen Henrietta's Men; IV. A Resoration production?; 3. Sources; 4. The play; 5. Responses; 6. Twentieth-century productions; 7. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Love's Sacrifice; 1. The text; a) The 1633 Quarto; b) Other editions; c) The edition; d) The 1633 Quarto: press-corrections and extant copies; 2. The Indigo Jones drawings and the Phoenix Theatre; 3. The Gesualdo story and the Corona Manuscript; 4. Love's Sacrifice and Mirandola; Glossarial index to the commentary.
