Shaw On Shakespeare

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1557835616

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Shaw on Shakespeare by Bernard Shaw Pdf

(Applause Books). "With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare when I measure my mind against his." - From SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE Celebrated playwright, critic and essayist George Bernard Shaw was more like the Elizabethan master that he would ever admit. Both men were intristic dramatists who shared a rich and abiding respect for the stage. Shakespeare was the produce of a tempestuous and enlightening era under the reign of his patron, Queen Elizabeth I; while G.B.S. reflected the racy and risque spirt of the late 19th century as the champion of modern drama by playwrights like Ibsen, and, later, himself. Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, SHAW ON SHAKESPEARE offers a fascinating and unforgettable portrait of the 16th century playwright by his most outspoken critic. This is a witty and provocative classic that combines Shaw's prodigious critical acumen with a superlative prose style second to none (except, perhaps, Shakespeare!).

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106011437685

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Shaw on Shakespeare by Bernard Shaw Pdf

Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, this book offers a fascinating portrait of the Elizabethan playwright by his most outspoken critic.

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1067819769

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Shaw on Shakespeare by Bernard Shaw Pdf

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0836921755

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Shaw on Shakespeare by Bernard Shaw Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1418957848

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Shaw on Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Julian Curry
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1848420773

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Shakespeare on Stage by Julian Curry Pdf

Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. * Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production * Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet * Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare's least sympathetic hero Coriolanus * Rebecca Hall on Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by her father, Sir Peter * Derek Jacobi on his hilariously poker-backed Malvolio for Michael Grandage * Jude Law on his Hamlet, a palpable hit in the West End and on Broadway * Adrian Lester on a modern-dress Henry V at the National, during the invasion of Iraq * Ian McKellen on his Macbeth, opposite Judi Dench in Trevor Nunn's RSC production * Helen Mirren on a role she was born for, and has played three times: Cleopatra * Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes in Peter Hall's Restoration Winter's Tale at the National * Kevin Spacey on his high-tech, modern-dress Richard II * Patrick Stewart on Prospero in Rupert Goold's arctic Tempest for the RSC * Penelope Wilton on Isabella in Jonathan Miller's 'chamber' Measure for Measure The actors discuss their characters, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing each role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. Together, the interviews give one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of these characters in performance, and of the choices that these great actors have made in bringing them thrillingly to life. 'These passages of times remembered contribute vividly to the sense of a teemingly creative period when Shakespeare seemed to have been rediscovered.' Trevor Nunn, from his Foreword

Author : Cecil Ferard Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:814411386

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Shakespeare to Shaw by Cecil Ferard Armstrong Pdf

Author : Lagretta Lenker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313000577

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Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare and Shaw by Lagretta Lenker Pdf

How can the most silent member of the family carry the message of subversion against venerated institutions of state and society? Why would two playwrights, writing 300 years apart, employ the same dramatic methods for rebelling against the establishment, when these methods are virtually ignored by their contemporaries? This book considers these and similar questions. It examines the historical similarities of the eras in which Shakespeare and Shaw wrote and then explores types of father-daughter interactions, considering each in terms of the existing power structures of society. These two dramatists draw on themes of incest, daughter sacrifice, role playing, education, and androgyny to create both active and passive daughters. The daughters literally represent a challenge to the patriarchy and metaphorically extend that challenge to such institutions as church and state. The volume argues that the father-daughter relationship was the ideal dramatic vehicle for Shakespeare and Shaw to advance their social and political agendas. By exploring larger issues through the father-daughter relationship, both playwrights were able to avoid the watchful eyes of censors and comment on such topics as the divine right of kings, filial bonds of obedience, and even regicide.

Author : Norman Rosenblood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015003488650

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Shaw: Seven Critical Essays by Norman Rosenblood Pdf

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:4057664123985

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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Bernard Shaw Pdf

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw is an essay about Mistress Mary Fitton, a dark lady who seduces many men in the dark of night. Excerpt: "How the Play came to be Written I had better explain why, in this little piece occasion, written for a performance in aid of the funds of the project for establishing a National Theatre as a memorial to Shakespeare, I have identified the Dark Lady with Mistress Mary Fitton. First, let me say that I do not contend that the Dark Lady was Mary Fitton, because when the case in Mary's favor (or against her...)"

Author : Annette T. Rubinstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 125808922X

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The Great Tradition in English Literature from Shakespeare to Jane Austen by Annette T. Rubinstein Pdf

Author : Cecil Ferard Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : WISC:89002100329

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Shakespeare to Shaw by Cecil Ferard Armstrong Pdf

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106007127688

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Last Plays by Bernard Shaw Pdf

In Good King Charles's Golden Days: a true history that never happened. A discussion play; the issues of nature, power and leadership are debated between King Charles II ('Mr Rowley'), Isaac Newton, George Fox and the artist Godfrey Kneller. Buoyant Billions: a comedy of no manners. Farfetched fables. Shaw's thoughts simplified. Shakes vs. Shav. Puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare. The play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy. Why She Would Not. His final play.

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:8596547367475

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Misalliance by Bernard Shaw Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Misalliance" by Bernard Shaw. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Marjorie Garber
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307390967

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Shakespeare and Modern Culture by Marjorie Garber Pdf

From one of the world's premier Shakespeare scholars comes a magisterial new study whose premise is "that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare." Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as "naturally" true: ideas about human character, individuality and selfhood, government, leadership, love and jealousy, men and women, youth and age. Marjorie Garber delves into ten plays to explore the interrelationships between Shakespeare and contemporary culture, from James Joyce's Ulysses to George W. Bush's reading list. From the persistence of difference in Othello to the matter of character in Hamlet to the untimeliness of youth in Romeo and Juliet, Garber discusses how these ideas have been re-imagined in modern fiction, theater, film, and the news, and in the literature of psychology, sociology, political theory, business, medicine, and law. Shakespeare and Modern Culture is a brilliant recasting of our own mental and emotional landscape as refracted through the prism of the protean Shakespeare.