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Author : Peter Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136113567

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Shakespeare's Theatre by Peter Thomson Pdf

Reviews of the First Edition `...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three individual plays Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Macbeth as performed by the company. Peter Thomson writes in a crisp, sharp, enlivening style.' TLS '`...the best analysis yet of Elizabethan acting practices, excavated form the texts themselves rather than reconstructed on basis of one monolithic theory, and an essay on Hamlet that is a model of Critical intelligence and theatrical invention.' Yearbook of English Studies `Synthesizes the important facts and summarizes projects with a vigorous prose style, and expertly applies his experience in both practical drama and academic teaching to his discussion.' Review of English Studies

Author : Stephen Purcell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472581716

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe by Stephen Purcell Pdf

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Experiment and Reaction -- Chapter 2: Performing Gender -- Chapter 3: Masters of Play: Directing at the Globe -- Chapter 4: Shared Experiences -- Chapter 5: Global Politics / Global Products -- Chapter 6: Rylance the Performer -- Epilogue: Legacy and Return -- Select Bibliography -- Chronology -- Index

Author : Richard Dutton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118939321

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Shakespeare's Theatre: A History by Richard Dutton Pdf

Shakespeare’s Theatre: A History examines the theatre spaces used by William Shakespeare, and explores these spaces in relation to the social and political framework of the Elizabethan era. The text journeys from the performing spaces of the provincial inns, guild halls and houses of the gentry of the Bard’s early career, to the purpose-built outdoor playhouses of London, including the Globe, the Theatre, and the Curtain, and the royal courts of Elizabeth and James I. The author also discusses the players for whom Shakespeare wrote, and the positioning—or dispositioning—of audience members in relation to the stage. Widely and deeply researched, this fascinating volume is the first to draw on the most recent archaeological work on the remains of the Rose and the Globe, as well as continuing publications from the Records of Early English Drama project. The book also explores the contentious view that the ‘plot’ of The Seven Deadly Sins (part II), provides unprecedented insight into the working practices of Shakespeare’s company and includes a complete and modernized version of the ‘plot’. Throughout, the author relates the practicalities of early modern playing to the evolving systems of aristocratic patronage and royal licensing within which they developed Insightful and engaging, Shakespeare’s Theatre is ideal reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars of literature and theatre studies.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BNC:1000084356

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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Hugh Macrae Richmond
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0826477763

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Shakespeare's Theatre by Hugh Macrae Richmond Pdf

Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>

Author : Farah Karim Cooper,Tiffany Stern
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408157053

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Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance by Farah Karim Cooper,Tiffany Stern Pdf

How did Elizabethan and Jacobean acting companies create their visual and aural effects? What materials were available to them and how did they influence staging and writing? What impact did the sensations of theatre have on early modern audiences? How did the construction of the playhouses contribute to technological innovations in the theatre? What effect might these innovations have had on the writing of plays? Shakespeare's Theatres and The Effects of Performance is a landmark collection of essays by leading international scholars addressing these and other questions to create a unique and comprehensive overview of the practicalities and realities of the theatre in the early modern period.

Author : Peter Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136113642

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Shakespeare's Theatre by Peter Thomson Pdf

Reviews of the First Edition `...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three individual plays Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Macbeth as performed by the company. Peter Thomson writes in a crisp, sharp, enlivening style.' TLS '`...the best analysis yet of Elizabethan acting practices, excavated form the texts themselves rather than reconstructed on basis of one monolithic theory, and an essay on Hamlet that is a model of Critical intelligence and theatrical invention.' Yearbook of English Studies `Synthesizes the important facts and summarizes projects with a vigorous prose style, and expertly applies his experience in both practical drama and academic teaching to his discussion.' Review of English Studies

Author : Deborah C. Payne,Drew Lichtenberg
Publisher : Arden Shakespeare
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-09-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350352643

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company by Deborah C. Payne,Drew Lichtenberg Pdf

Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company chronicles how a small repertory troupe at the Folger Theatre on Capitol Hill became an internationally renowned company performing in a lavish, multi-venue performing arts center in downtown Washington, D.C. The artistic vision and business acumen of Michael Kahn, the founding Artistic Director, largely catalyzed this transformation, but so too did the forces of neoliberalism and, more recently, globalization and new media. Accordingly, this book not only examines directorial decision-making but also three decades of social and economic change in the nation's capital, such as the complexities of gentrification to the arts policies of successive administrations. In addition to discussions of directorial practice, this book examines the ambivalence of American theatre artists toward their British cultural inheritance. Analyses of representative productions and interviews with Kahn and his British successor, Simon Godwin, illuminate this complex relationship: one that aspires to a cosmopolitan Anglophilia while simultaneously positioning classically trained American actors as worthy rivals to their counterparts at the RSC and the National Theatre of Great Britain.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : English drama
ISBN : NYPL:33433074889100

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781139835145

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Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Pdf

This new edition of Shakespeare's Cymbeline takes full account of the critical and historical scholarship produced in the late twentieth century. It foregrounds the elements of romance, tragicomedy and Jacobean stagecraft which together shape the play; it also acknowledges the postmodern indeterminacy of the play's key moments. Martin Butler breaks with the legacy of the sentimental Victorian reading of the heroine, Innogen, which still exerts some hold on production and interpretation today, and has given greater space than his predecessors to the politics of 1610, especially to questions of British union and nationhood. The play has been freshly edited from the text in the 1623 folio, with some interesting textual choices, and has a detailed commentary on linguistic and historical aspects of the text. There is also a full treatment of the play's stage history, from 1610 to the present day.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521807301

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The Shakespeare Company, 1594-1642 by Andrew Gurr Pdf

This is the first complete history of the theater company in which Shakespeare acted and which staged all his plays. Created in 1594, the company became the King's Men in 1603 and ran for forty-eight years up to the closure of 1642. Andrew Gurr provides a study of the company's activities, explores its social role in its time and examines its repertoire of plays. This comprehensive illustrated history will be an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to know more about the conditions under which Shakespeare and his successors worked.

Author : Robert Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317429371

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Shakespeare on Theatre by Robert Cohen Pdf

In Shakespeare on Theatre, master acting teacher Robert Cohen brilliantly scrutinises Shakespeare's implicit theories of acting, paying close attention to the plays themselves and providing a wealth of fascinating historical evidence. What he finds will surprise scholars and actors alike – that Shakespeare's drama and his practice as an actor were founded on realism, though one clearly distinct from the realism later found in Stanislavski. Shakespeare on Acting is an extraordinary introduction to the way the plays articulate a profound understanding of performance and reflect the life and times of a uniquely talented theatre-maker.

Author : John Russell Brown
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Theater
ISBN : 0415194490

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New Sites for Shakespeare by John Russell Brown Pdf

The author considers current Shakespearian productions in Europe and America, in the light of his insights into Asian theatre, arguing that our understanding of Shakespeare is limited by the kinds of theatre we have seen.

Author : Brett Gamboa,Lawrence Switzky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000750928

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Shakespeare’s Things by Brett Gamboa,Lawrence Switzky Pdf

Floating daggers, enchanted handkerchiefs, supernatural storms, and moving statues have tantalized Shakespeare’s readers and audiences for centuries. The essays in Shakespeare’s Things: Shakespearean Theatre and the Non-Human World in History, Theory, and Performance renew attention to non-human influence and agency in the plays, exploring how Shakespeare anticipates new materialist thought, thing theory, and object studies while presenting accounts of intention, action, and expression that we have not yet noticed or named. By focusing on the things that populate the plays—from commodities to props, corpses to relics—they find that canonical Shakespeare, inventor of the human, gives way to a lesser-known figure, a chronicler of the ceaseless collaboration among persons, language, the stage, the object world, audiences, the weather, the earth, and the heavens.

Author : Matthew Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136661631

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Shakespeare, Theatre, and Time by Matthew Wagner Pdf

That Shakespeare thematized time thoroughly, almost obsessively, in his plays is well established: time is, among other things, a 'devourer' (Love's Labour's Lost), one who can untie knots (Twelfth Night), or, perhaps most famously, simply ‘out of joint’ (Hamlet). Yet most critical commentary on time and Shakespeare tends to incorporate little focus on time as an essential - if elusive - element of stage praxis. This book aims to fill that gap; Wagner's focus is specifically performative, asking after time as a stage phenomenon rather than a literary theme or poetic metaphor. His primary approach is phenomenological, as the book aims to describe how time operates on Shakespearean stages. Through philosophical, historiographical, dramaturgical, and performative perspectives, Wagner examines the ways in which theatrical activity generates a manifest presence of time, and he demonstrates Shakespeare’s acute awareness and manipulation of this phenomenon. Underpinning these investigations is the argument that theatrical time, and especially Shakespearean time, is rooted in temporal conflict and ‘thickness’ (the heightened sense of the present moment bearing the weight of both the past and the future). Throughout the book, Wagner traces the ways in which time transcends thematic and metaphorical functions, and forms an essential part of Shakespearean stage praxis.