| Description |
xvi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Shakespeare plays on Renaissance stages / Gary Taylor -- Improving Shakespeare : from the Restoration to Garrick / Jean I. Marsden -- Romantic Shakespeare / Jane Moody -- Pictorial Shakespeare / Richard W. Schoch -- Reconstructive Shakespeare : reproducing Elizabethan and Jacobean stages / Marion O'Connor -- Twentieth-century performance : the Stratford and London companies / Robert Smallwood -- Tragic actor and Shakespeare / Simon Williams -- Comic actor and Shakespeare / Peter Thomson -- Women and Shakespearean performance / Penny Gay -- International Shakespeare / Anthony B. Dawson -- Touring Shakespeare / Peter Holland -- Shakespeare on the political stage in the twentieth century / Wilhelm Hortmann -- Shakespeare in North America / Michael A. Morrison -- Shakespeare on the stages of Asia / John Gillies ... [et al.] -- Shakespeare and Africa / Martin Banham, Roshni Mooneeram, Jane Plastow. |
| Summary |
This Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of Shakespeare's plays, both in and beyond Britain. The first six chapters describe aspects of the British performing tradition in chronological sequence, from the early staging of Shakespeare's own time, through to the present day. Each relates Shakespearean developments to broader cultural concerns and adopts an individual approach and focus, on textual adaptation, acting, stages, scenery or theatre management. These are followed by three explorations of acting: tragic and comic actors and women performers of Shakespeare roles. A section on international performance includes chapters on interculturalism, on touring companies and on political theatre, with separate accounts of the performing traditions of North America, Asia and Africa. Over forty pictures illustrate performers and productions of Shakespeare from around the world. An amalgamated list of items for further reading completes the book. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.
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| Added Author |
Wells, Stanley, 1930-
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Stanton, Sarah.
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| ISBN |
0521792959 hardback |
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9780521792950 hardback |
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052179711X paperback |
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9780521797115 paperback |
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