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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage

Author : Stanley Wells,Sarah Stanton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,9 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.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare

Author : Margreta de Grazia,Stanley Wells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521658810

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare by Margreta de Grazia,Stanley Wells Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture

Author : Robert Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107495029

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture by Robert Shaughnessy Pdf

This Companion explores the remarkable variety of forms that Shakespeare's life and works have taken over the course of four centuries, ranging from the early modern theatrical marketplace to the age of mass media, and including stage and screen performance, music and the visual arts, the television serial and popular prose fiction. The book asks what happens when Shakespeare is popularized, and when the popular is Shakespeareanized; it queries the factors that determine the definitions of and boundaries between the legitimate and illegitimate, the canonical and the authorized and the subversive, the oppositional, the scandalous and the inane. Leading scholars discuss the ways in which the plays and poems of Shakespeare, as well as Shakespeare himself, have been interpreted and reinvented, adapted and parodied, transposed into other media, and act as a source of inspiration for writers, performers, artists and film-makers worldwide.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

Author : Catherine M. S. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828284

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays by Catherine M. S. Alexander Pdf

Which plays are included under the heading 'Shakespeare's last plays', and when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? What is meant by a 'late play', and what are the benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late studies, and recognising the gaps in accessible scholarship on this area, in this book leading international Shakespeare scholars address these and many other questions. The essays locate Shakespeare's last plays - single and co-authored - in the period of their composition, consider the significant characteristics of their Jacobean context, and explore the rich afterlives, on stage, in print and other media of The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Pericles, The Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VIII. The volume opens with a historical timeline that places the plays in the contexts of contemporary political events, theatrical events, other cultural milestones, Shakespeare's life and that of his playing company, the King's Men.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen

Author : Russell Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108421164

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen by Russell Jackson Pdf

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare

Author : Margreta De Grazia,Stanley Wells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521886321

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The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare by Margreta De Grazia,Stanley Wells Pdf

Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to the literary, historical, cultural and performative aspects of Shakespeare works.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy

Author : Claire McEachern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107019775

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy by Claire McEachern Pdf

This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy

Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521779421

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy by Alexander Leggatt Pdf

An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays

Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521775396

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays by Michael Hattaway Pdf

Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture

Author : Robert Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521844291

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture by Robert Shaughnessy Pdf

This book offers a collection of essays on Shakespeare's life and works in popular forms and media.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists

Author : Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107494336

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists by Ton Hoenselaars Pdf

While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists

Author : A. J. Hoenselaars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521767545

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists by A. J. Hoenselaars Pdf

This Companion is devoted to the life and works of Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights in early modern London.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War

Author : David Loewenstein,Paul Stevens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1108464963

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War by David Loewenstein,Paul Stevens Pdf

Written by a team of leading international scholars, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War illuminates the ways Shakespeare's works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about the topic of war. Contributors explore the multiplicity of conflicting perspectives his dramas offer: war depicted from chivalric, masculine, nationalistic, and imperial perspectives; war depicted as a source of great excitement and as a theater of honor; war depicted from realistic or skeptical perspectives that expose the butchery, suffering, illness, famine, degradation, and havoc it causes. The essays in this volume examine the representations and rhetoric of war throughout Shakespeare's plays, as well as the modern history of the war plays on stage, in film, and in propaganda. This book offers fresh perspectives on Shakespeare's multifaceted representations of the complexities of early modern warfare, while at the same time illuminating why his perspectives on war and its consequences continue to matter now and in the future.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion

Author : Hannibal Hamlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107172593

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion by Hannibal Hamlin Pdf

A wide-ranging yet accessible investigation into the importance of religion in Shakespeare's works, from a team of eminent international scholars.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race

Author : Ayanna Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1108710565

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race by Ayanna Thompson Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race shows teachers and students how and why Shakespeare and race are inseparable. Moving well beyond Othello, the collection invites the reader to understand racialized discourses, rhetoric, and performances in all of Shakespeare's plays, including the comedies and histories. Race is presented through an intersectional approach with chapters that focus on the concepts of sexuality, lineage, nationality, and globalization. The collection helps students to grapple with the unique role performance plays in constructions of race by Shakespeare (and in Shakespearean performances), considering both historical and contemporary actors and directors. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race will be the first book that truly frames Shakespeare studies and early modern race studies for a non-specialist, student audience.