Shakespeare Theatre And Time

Author : Matthew Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,7 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.

Author : Matthew Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:882959727

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Shakespeare, Theatre and Time by Matthew Wagner Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781623160333

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Shakespeare on Theatre by William Shakespeare Pdf

(Book). Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems. Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces including "All the world's a stage," Hamlet's encounters with the Players, and Bottom's amateur theatricals along with many other oblique but no less revealing glances, and further insights into theatre practice by Shakespeare's contemporaries and rivals. De Somogyi's commentary takes us through the entire process of Shakespeare's theatrical production, from its casting and auditions, via rehearsals, costumes, and props, to its premiere and audience reception. Shakespeare on Theatre eavesdrops on the urgently whispered noises-off in the "tiring-house" and inhales the heady aroma of the Globe's first audiences.

Author : Laurie Johnson,John Sutton,Evelyn Tribble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134449217

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Embodied Cognition and Shakespeare's Theatre by Laurie Johnson,John Sutton,Evelyn Tribble Pdf

This collection considers issues that have emerged in Early Modern Studies in the past fifteen years relating to understandings of mind and body in Shakespeare’s world. Informed by The Body in Parts, the essays in this book respond also to the notion of an early modern ‘body-mind’ in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries are understood in terms of bodily parts and cognitive processes. What might the impact of such understandings be on our picture of Shakespeare’s theatre or on our histories of the early modern period, broadly speaking? This book provides a wide range of approaches to this challenge, covering histories of cognition, studies of early modern stage practices, textual studies, and historical phenomenology, as well as new cultural histories by some of the key proponents of this approach at the present time. Because of the breadth of material covered, full weight is given to issues that are hotly debated at the present time within Shakespeare Studies: presentist scholarship is presented alongside more historically-focused studies, for example, and phenomenological studies of material culture are included along with close readings of texts. What the contributors have in common is a refusal to read the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries either psychologically or materially; instead, these essays address a willingness to study early modern phenomena (like the Elizabethan stage) as manifesting an early modern belief in the embodiment of cognition.

Author : Stanley Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195160932

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Shakespeare by Stanley Wells Pdf

From the entry of Shakespeare's birth in the Stratford church register to a Norwegian production of Macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly illustrated book tells the story of Shakespeare's life, his writings, and his afterlife. Drawing on a lifetime's experience of studying, teaching, editing, and writing about Shakespeare, Stanley Wells combines scholarly authority with authorial flair in a book that will appeal equally to the specialist and the untutored enthusiast. Chapters on Shakespeare's life in Stratford and in London offer a fresh view of the development of the writer's career and personality. At the core of the book lies a magisterial study of the writings themselves--how Shakespeare set about writing a play, his relationships with the company of actors with whom he worked, his developing mastery of the literary and rhetorical skills that he learned at the Stratford grammar school, the essentially theatrical quality of the structure and language of his plays. Subsequent chapters trace the fluctuating fortunes of his reputation and influence. Here are accounts of adaptations, productions, and individual performances in England and, increasingly, overseas; of great occasions such as the Garrick Jubilee and the tercentenary celebrations of 1864; of the spread of Shakespeare's reputation in France and Germany, Russia and America, and, more recently, the Far East; of Shakespearian discoveries and forgeries; of critical reactions, favorable and otherwise, and of scholarly activity; of paintings, music, films and other works of art inspired by the plays; of the plays' use in education and the political arena, and of the pleasure and intellectual stimulus that they have given to an increasingly international public. Shakespeare, said Ben Jonson, was not of an age but for all time. This is a book about him for our time.

Author : David Bevington
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780226044798

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This Wide and Universal Theater by David Bevington Pdf

This study examines how Shakespeare's plays have been transformed for the stage by the demands of theatrical spaces and staging conventions.

Author : Matthew D. Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Time in literature
ISBN : 1138793515

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Shakespeare, Theatre, and Time by Matthew D. Wagner Pdf

This title investigates time in Shakespearean theatre. Wagner posits that theatrical, and especially Shakespearean, time is characterised predominantly by various forms of temporal conflict. From this perspective, he traces the ways in which time transcends thematic and metaphorical functions, and forms an essential part of Shakespearean stage praxis.

Author : Aliki
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780064437226

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William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki Pdf

From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night′s Dream, Shakespeare′s celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare′s world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater. Ages 8+

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : 53,7 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 : Andrew Gurr,Mariko Ichikawa
Publisher : Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0198711581

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Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres by Andrew Gurr,Mariko Ichikawa Pdf

By bringing together evidence from different sources--documentary, archaeological, and the play-texts themselves--Staging Shakespeare's Theatres reconstructs the ways in which the plays were originally staged in the theaters of Shakespeare's own time, and shows how the physical possibilities and limitations of these theaters affected both the writing and the performances. The book explains the conditions under which the early playwrights and players worked, their preparation of the plays for the stage, and their rehearsal practices. It looks at the quality of evidence supplied by the surviving play-texts, and the extant to which audiences of the time differed from modern audiences; and it gives vivid examples of how Elizabethan actors made use of gestures, costumes, props, and the theater's specific design features. Stage movement is analyzed through a careful study of how exits and entrances worked on such stages. The final chapter offers a thorough examination of Hamlet as a text for performance, excitingly returning the play to its original staging at the Globe.

Author : Folger Shakespeare Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015033945034

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The Folger Library by Folger Shakespeare Library Pdf

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 : Lauren Gunderson
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822237723

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The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson Pdf

Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done. Amidst the noise and color of Elizabethan London, THE BOOK OF WILL finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.

Author : Stanley Wells,Sarah Stanton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052179711X

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage by Stanley Wells,Sarah Stanton Pdf

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.