{"publishers": ["Cambridge University Press"], "table_of_contents": [{"level": 0, "label": "", "title": "Machine generated contents note: Introduction: authorship; Date; Sources; Craftsmanship; Critical reception; Shakespeare's late style; The Two Noble Kinsmen in performance; Note on text; List of characters; The play; Supplementary notes; Textual analysis; Appendix: The Two Noble Kinsmen: a performance chronology; Reading list.", "pagenum": "", "type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}}], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"Since the late twentieth century, when scholarly attention began to focus on sexuality, collaboration and Shakespeare's late plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen has become an essential script. Turner and Tatspaugh's edition presents a strong case for taking the play more seriously now than ever before. A lively introduction discusses Shakespeare's craftsmanship in adapting a medieval tale for the Jacobean stage, the extent of co-authorship with John Fletcher, the rhetorical complexity of Shakespeare's late style, the themes of sexuality and friendship, and contemporary critical responses to the play. In addition to presenting a detailed history of performance, the edition calls attention to productions that have demonstrated the play's theatrical vitality and solved - or failed to solve - difficulties inherent in the text. Bringing the textual history completely up to date, the edition reflects renewed interest in The Two Noble Kinsmen, confirming it as a play for today\"--"}, "links": [{"url": "http://assets.cambridge.org/97805214/32702/cover/9780521432702.jpg", "title": "Cover image"}, {"url": "http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011041599-d.html", "title": "Publisher description"}, {"url": "http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011041599-t.html", "title": "Table of contents only"}], "series": ["The new Cambridge Shakespeare"], "full_title": "The two noble kinsmen", "lc_classifications": ["PR2870.A2 T87 2012"], "key": "/books/OL25094331M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL114291A"}], "publish_places": ["Cambridge", "New York"], "contributions": ["Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616", "Turner, Robert Kean, 1926-", "Tatspaugh, Patricia Elizabeth, 1938-"], "isbn_13": ["9780521432702"], "pagination": "p. cm.", "source_records": ["marc:marc_loc_updates/v39.i45.records.utf8:12619465:2841", "marc:marc_loc_updates/v40.i24.records.utf8:6142410:2843", "marc:marc_loc_updates/v40.i32.records.utf8:4577980:2843", "bwb:9780521432702", "marc:marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part38.utf8:212110378:2843", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/20220215_046.bib.mrc:287017934:4356"], "title": "The two noble kinsmen", "dewey_decimal_class": ["822/.3"], "notes": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The earliest surviving text of The two noble kinsmen is the 1634 quarto, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare.\n\nIncludes bibliographical references."}, "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "lccn": ["2011041599"], "subject_places": ["Athens (Greece)"], "subjects": ["Knights and knighthood", "Drama", "LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General"], "publish_date": "2012", "publish_country": "enk", "by_statement": "edited by Robert Kean Turner and Patricia Tatspaugh", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL258996W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "oclc_numbers": ["756280496"], "number_of_pages": 229, "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2011-11-09T09:41:09.806024"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-09-08T00:36:31.085603"}}