pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: THE LADY'S TRIAL
BY JOHN FORD
By: Lisa Hopkins, David Bevington, Richard Dutton
Format: Paperback

List price: £15.99
Our price: £14.39
Discount:
10% off
You save: £1.60
ISBN 10: 0719099900
ISBN 13: 9780719099908
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 September, 2015
Series: The Revels Plays
Pages: 240
Description: The first scholarly edition of a little-known play by a major Renaissance playwright, which interestingly reworks Othello. -- .
Synopsis: The Lady's Trial, Ford's last play, encapsulates the final development of his own unique theatrical aesthetic whilst looking back to the drama of his youth, most notably Othello, whose story is here rewritten. In Ford's version, the supposedly wronged husband, the victorious general Auria, does not simply take the word of his friend, the well-intentioned but overly suspicious Aurelio, that his wife, Spinella, is unfaithful: instead he does what Othello apparently never even thinks of doing, and conducts a rational, public sifting of the apparent evidence, at the end of which Spinella is triumphantly cleared. In combining this story of public vindication with his distinctive dramatic style of delicate reticence, Ford offers a powerful exploration of both the capabilities and the limitations of language and its role in human relationships. Newly available in paperback, the first scholarly edition of this undeservedly neglected play situates it in its dramatic and historical contexts and helps elucidate Ford's understated, allusive style. -- .
Publication: UK
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
"JULIUS CAESAR"
"KING LEAR"
"RICHARD III"
"TROILUS AND CRESSIDA" (HB)
"TROILUS AND CRESSIDA" (PB)
'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE (PB)
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (HB)
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (PB)
A "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"
A "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" (PB)
A CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE CHRONOLOGY
A CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE CHRONOLOGY (HB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS (HB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS (HB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS (HB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS (PB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS (PB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME I
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME I
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME II
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME II
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME III
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME III
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME III (HB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUME III (PB)
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUMR IV
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUMR IV
A COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, VOLUMR IV (PB)
A KING AND NO KING (PB)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (PB)
A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE (HB)
A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE (PB)
ADVANCES IN ANESTHESIA (HB)
AN HUMOROUS DAY'S MIRTH (HB)
AN HUMOROUS DAY'S MIRTH (PB)
ANTONIO AND MELLIDA (PB)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (HB)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (PB)
AS YOU LIKE IT (1598-99) (PB)
AS YOU LIKE IT (PB)
BARE RUINED CHOIRS
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR (REVELS STUDENT EDITION) (PB)
BEGINNING SHAKESPEARE (HB)
BEGINNING SHAKESPEARE (PB)
BEGINNING SHAKESPEARE (PB)
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON (HB)
BEN JONSON (HB)
BEN JONSON (PB)
BEN JONSON (PB)
BEN JONSON, 'VOLPONE'AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (HB)
BEN JONSON, VOLPONE AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (PB)
BEN JONSON: AUTHORITY: CRITICISM
BEN JONSON: AUTHORITY: CRITICISM (HB)
BRAM STOKER
BRAM STOKER (HB)
BRAM STOKER (PB)
BURIAL PLOTS IN BRITISH DETECTIVE FICTION
BURIAL PLOTS IN BRITISH DETECTIVE FICTION (HB)
CAMPASPE AND SAPPHO AND PHAO (PB)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (HB)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (PB)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, RENAISSANCE DRAMATIST (HB)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, RENAISSANCE DRAMATIST (PB)
COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (HB)
COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (PB)
COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE UPDATED (HB)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (HB)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (PB)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS AND OTHER PLAYS (HB)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS AND OTHER PLAYS (PB)
DR FAUSTUS: THE A- AND B- TEXTS (1604, 1616)
DR FAUSTUS: THE A- AND B- TEXTS (1604, 1616) (PB)
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633
DRAMA AND THE SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN, 1561-1633 (HB)
EASTWARD HO! (PB)
EDGE OF CHRISTENDOM ON THE EARLY MODERN STAGE (HB)
ENDYMION (PB)
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE DRAMA (HB)
EPICENE, OR THE SILENT WOMAN (PB)
EPICENE, OR THE SILENT WOMAN [BEN JONSON] (HB)
EPIGRAMS (PB)
EPIGRAMS AND THE FOREST (PB)
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX (HB)
ESSEX (PB)
EVERY MAN OUT OF HIS HUMOUR (PB)
F.SCOTT FITZGERALD (HB)
F.SCOTT FITZGERALD (PB)
FOUR COMEDIES (PB)
FOUR TRAGEDIES (PB)
FROM THE ROMANS TO THE NORMANS ON THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE STAGE
FROM THE ROMANS TO THE NORMANS ON THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE STAGE (HB)
GALATEA (PB)
GALATEA AND MIDAS (PB)
GALATEA AND MIDAS [BY JOHN LYLY] (HB)
GEORGE PEELE
GEORGE PEELE
GEORGE PEELE (HB)
GIANTS OF THE PAST (HB)
GIANTS OF THE PAST (HB)
GODDESSES AND QUEENS (HB)
GODDESSES AND QUEENS (PB)
HAMLET (PB)
HENRY IV (HB)
HENRY IV (PB)
HENRY IV, PART I: THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE (PB)
HENRY IV, PART ONE (PB)
HENRY IV, PARTS I AND II
HENRY IV, PARTS I AND II
HENRY IV, PARTS I AND II
HENRY V (PB)
HOMO, MEMENTO FINIS (HB)
HOW TO READ A SHAKESPEARE PLAY (HB)
HOW TO READ A SHAKESPEARE PLAY (PB)
JACOBEAN CIVIC PAGEANTS (HB)
JOHN CLARE (HB)
JULIUS CAESAR
JULIUS CAESAR (PB)
KING LEAR (HB)
KING LEAR (PB)
KING LEAR (PB)
LICENSING, CENSORSHIP AND AUTHORSHIP IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
LICENSING, CENSORSHIP AND AUTHORSHIP IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND (HB)
LICENSING, CENSORSHIP AND AUTHORSHIP IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: BUGGESWORDS (PB)
LOVE'S METAMORPHOSIS (HB)
LOVE'S METAMORPHOSIS (PB)
MACBETH (PB)
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE
MAGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH STAGE (HB)
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA
MARIAN MOMENTS IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH DRAMA (HB)
MASQUES OF DIFFERENCE (PB)
MASTERING THE REVELS (HB)
MASTERING THE REVELS (HB)
MASTERING THE REVELS (PB)
MEDIEVAL DRAMA (HB)
MICHAELMAS TERM (PB)
MOTHER BOMBIE (HB)
MOTHER BOMBIE (PB)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (PB)
MURDER MOST FOUL (HB)
MURDER MOST FOUL (PB)
NECESSARY SHAKESPEARE (PB)
NECESSARY SHAKESPEARE (PB)
NEW HISTORICISM AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA
NEW HISTORICISM AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA
NEW HISTORICISM AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA
NEW HISTORICISM AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA (HB)
NEW HISTORICISM AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA (PB)
OCULAR PROOF AND THE SPECTACLED DETECTIVE IN BRITISH CRIME FICTION
OCULAR PROOF AND THE SPECTACLED DETECTIVE IN BRITISH CRIME FICTION (HB)
OTHELLO (PB)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (HB)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (PB)
PLAYS ON WOMEN (PB)
QUEEN, OR THE EXCELLENCY OF HER SEX (HB)
REGION, RELIGION AND PATRONAGE (HB)
REGION, RELIGION AND PATRONAGE (PB)
RELOCATING SHAKESPEARE AND AUSTEN ON SCREEN (HB)
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE (HB)
RENAISSANCE DRAMA ON THE EDGE (PB)
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND CULTURE
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND CULTURE (HB)
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND CULTURE (PB)
RUDYARD KIPLING (HB)
RUDYARD KIPLING (PB)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (HB)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (PB)
SCREEN ADAPTATIONS: THE TEMPEST
SCREEN ADAPTATIONS: THE TEMPEST
SCREENING THE GOTHIC (PB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Connell Guide to Milton's Paradise Lost (Electronic book text)
Connell Guides
Our Price : £4.89
more details
Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare (Paperback)
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £6.56
more details
Othello: York Notes for A-level (Paperback)
Pearson Education Limited
Our Price : £7.01
more details
Gulliver's Travels (Paperback)
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £4.37
more details
Translators, Interpreters, Mediators (Paperback)
Verlag Peter Lang
Our Price : £50.90
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND BIOGRAPHY
 literature: history & criticism
 literary studies: general
 literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 






Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB) Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket