Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sos Eltis is a Fellow in English at Brasenose College, Oxford, and a member of the Oxford University English Faculty. She is also a senior member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and a member of the board of Oxford Playhouse Theatre. She has written extensively on Victorian and modern drama, and on Oscar Wilde in particular.
Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.
One of the nineteenth century’s most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other of Wilde’s plays. Treating political intrigue, financial fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public life, it is a play which engaged with issues of vital importance to its late-Victorian audience, which continue to resonate today.
Sos Eltis, a specialist in Victorian drama and its relation to women's issues, provides a stimulating new perspective on An Ideal Husband, through an introduction that looks at its relation with contemporary social purity campaigns, women's rights, and political scandals. The introduction also gives a substantial performance history, with particular reference to the play's film versions and the influential Peter Hall theatre production.
An Ideal Husband is a comic drama of political and personal deceit. This student edition contains a fully-annotated play text with a new Introduction examining its central themes of power and corruption and the growing role of women in public life.
New Mermaids is a series of classic plays from the 16th to the 20th century which are presented in modernised English with on the page notes.
Teachers present editions of these plays that are perfect for students and encourage creative engagement with the text. Introductions include the latest research and critical interpretations to situate each play within contemporary culture. Editors explore the play’s language and plot through gender, sexuality, race, religion, identity, material culture and performance.
New Mermaids are printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, with notes below the text. New editions speak to students, theatre goers and actors who want to engage with classic plays as they are taught and performed across the world today.
General Editors
José A. Pérez Díez, Lecturer in Early Modern Drama, School of English, University of Leeds, UK.
Iman Sheeha, Senior Lecturer in English, Brunel University, UK.
Editorial Board
Brandi Adams, Assistant Professor, English Department, Arizona State University, USA
Francis X. Connor, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of English, Wichita State University, USA
Beth Rebecca Cortese, Assistant Professor, University of Iceland, Iceland
Ambereen Dadabhoy, Associate Professor of Literature, Harvey Mudd College, USA
Nandini Das, Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Culture, University of Oxford, UK
Tracy C. Davis, Barber Professor of Performing Arts, Northwestern University, USA
Brett Greatley-Hirsch, Professor of Renaissance Literature and Textual Studies, University of Leeds, UK
Hetta Howes, Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature, City University, UK
Hassana Moosa is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Eoin Price, Lecturer in English Literature, 1500-1650, University of Edinburgh, UK
Eleanor Rycroft, Senior Lecturer, Department of Theatre, University of Bristol, UK
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Sos Eltis is a Fellow in English at Brasenose College, Oxford, and a member of the Oxford University English Faculty. She is also a senior member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and a member of the board of Oxford Playhouse Theatre. She has written extensively on Victorian and modern drama, and on Oscar Wilde in particular.
Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.