| Description |
100 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This Element provides the first in-depth study of the present-day all-boy company, Edward's Boys, who are based at King Edward VI School ('Shakespeare's School') in Stratford-upon-Avon. Since 2005, the company has produced a wide array of early modern plays, providing the most substantial repertory of early modern drama available for examination by scholars. The Element provides a comprehensive account of the company's practices, drawing on extensive rehearsal and performance observation, evidence from the company's archive, and interviews with actors and key company personnel. The Element takes account of the company's particular educational and strongly interpersonal environment, suggesting that these factors have a distinctive shaping force on their performance practice. In the hands of Edward's Boys, the Element argues, early modern drama becomes the source of company creation, ensemble practice, and virtuosic physical play, inviting us to reimagine what it means - and takes - to perform these plays today. |
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Edward's Boys (Firm)
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Theatrical companies -- England -- Warwickshire.
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Theater -- England -- Warwickshire.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan.
(OCoLC)fst01710950
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Theater. (OCoLC)fst01149217
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Theatrical companies. (OCoLC)fst01149417
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England -- Warwickshire.
(OCoLC)fst01212375
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1600
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781108899147 |
| ISBN |
1108810233 paperback |
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9781108810234 paperback |
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9781108899147 (PDF ebook) |
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