The Secret of Shakespeare - Softcover

Lings, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1870196147 ISBN 13: 9781870196147

Publisher: Quinta Essentia, 1996

Synopsis

Martin Lings clarifies the essential greatness of Shakespeare by focussing our attention on the total impact his best plays make on us when acted. For this purpose he concentrates on the texts and their theatrical rendering, in such a way as to transmit to us, at the same time, a powerful impression of Shakespeare the man, such as perhaps no other book can give us. For the second edition the chapters on Macbeth and The Tempest were rewrittten to more than twice their original length; and now, for this third edition, the same has been done for the chapters of Hamlet, King Lear and The Winter's Tale, as well as for the 'Notes on Performance and Production', with additions to other chapters also. The Foreword to third edition was written by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Lings, formerly Keeper of Oriental Manuscript in the British Museum and the British Library, is the author of three works on Islamic mysticism, The Book of certainty, A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century and What is Sufism?, all published by the Islamic Texts Society. He is also the author of Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions, and Symbol and Archetype, both published by Quinta Essentia, and the splendidly illustrated The Quranic Art of Calligraphy. His Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, also published by the Islamic Texts Society, has been internationally acclaimed as a masterpiece.

Review:

'This short book does more to reveal or suggest what in Shakespeare is the quintessence of his greatness than the most laborious exposition could ever do.' (Kathleen Raine) 'Refreshing and invigorating...it should be on every bookshelf of real lovers of the real Bard.' -- Sir Donald Wolfit

About this edition

• Publisher: Quinta Essentia
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1870196147
• ISBN 13: 9781870196147
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 190