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The Text in Play

Robert Baker-White
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Author : Robert Baker-White
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0838753817

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Many modern playwrights have dramatized the process of theatrical creation within their plays. In doing so, they have disregarded the "do not disturb" sign on the rehearsal room door, and have opened the art of theater to a particular kind of scrutiny. This scrutiny is unusual given the long-standing tradition of secrecy that surrounds theatrical rehearsal. Viewing modern drama generally as a drama that juxtaposes authority and freedom, and viewing contemporary criticism as essentially an extended debate on the issue of meaning's closure, this study invokes the critical perspectives M. M. Bakhtin, Roland Barthes, and Bertolt Brecht to create a general theory of rehearsal practice that differentiates it from the practice of performance. Working with notions of textual authority explored in a variety of critical contexts, this volume attempts to explore the theoretical ramifications of metatheatrical representations of rehearsal.

The Text, the Play, and the Globe

Joseph Candido
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Author : Joseph Candido
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611478228

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The purpose of this book is to honor the scholarly legacy of Charles R. Forker with a series of essays that address the problem of literary influence in original ways and from a variety of perspectives. The emphasis throughout is on the sort of careful, exhaustive, evidence-based scholarship to which Forker dedicated his entire professional life. Although wide-ranging and various by design, the essays in this book never lose sight of three discrete yet overlapping areas of literary inquiry that create a unity of perspective amid the diversity of approaches: 1) the formation of play texts, textual analysis, and editorial practice; 2) performance history and the material playing conditions from Shakespeare’s time to the present, including film as well as stage representations; and 3) the world, both cultural and literary, in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries worked and to which they bequeathed an artistic legacy that continues to be re-interpreted and re-defined by a whole new set of cultural and literary pressures. Eschewing any single, predetermined ideological perspective, the essays in this book call our attention to how the simplest questions or observations can open up provocative and unexpected scholarly vistas. In so doing, they invite us into a subtly re-configured world of literary influence that draws us into new, often unexpected, ways of seeing and understanding the familiar.

How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text

Eugene Giddens
How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text Book PDF

Author : Eugene Giddens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521886406

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An invaluable introductory guide for students on how to engage with the original printed texts of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Three Shrew Plays

Barry Gaines,Margaret Maurer
Three Shrew Plays Book PDF

Author : Barry Gaines,Margaret Maurer
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781603843010

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Three Shrew Plays by Barry Gaines,Margaret Maurer Pdf

Unusual among Shakespeare's plays in that it drew theatrical responses from the outset, The Taming of the Shrew continues to inspire adaptations and interpretations that respond to its fascinating, if provocative, representation of a husband's dominance of his wife. This annotated collection of three early modern English plays allows readers to explore the relationship between Shakespeare's Shrew and two closely related plays of the same genre, the earlier of which, the anonymous The Taming of a Shrew (whether inspired by Shakespeare's play or vice-versa), once enjoyed a level of popularity that likely surpassed that of Shakespeare's play. The editors' Introduction brilliantly illuminates points of comparison between the three, their larger themes included, and convincingly argues that Shakespeare's Shrew is seen all the more vividly when the anonymous A Shrew and Fletcher's table-turning The Tamer Tamed are waiting in the wings.

Computer Games

Diane Carr,David Buckingham,Andrew Burn,Gareth Schott
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Author : Diane Carr,David Buckingham,Andrew Burn,Gareth Schott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745687506

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Computer Games by Diane Carr,David Buckingham,Andrew Burn,Gareth Schott Pdf

Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys. This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously.

The Play's the Thing

Marina Jenkyns
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Author : Marina Jenkyns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134821839

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Marina Jenkyns conveys the excitement of working therapeutically with dramatic text though a personal and highly readable analysis of plays from a variety of periods and cultures. Influenced by the theories of Winnicott and Klein she lays bare the dynamics of relationships and plots to show how they can be used to help us understand our own relationships to each other and the world around us. This highly innovative text integrates therapeutic practice and literature in an engaging and challenging book which will hold the attention of a wide audience. This book contains new ideas for dramatherapy practice, theatre directors and teachers.

Shakspere plays

New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)
Shakspere plays Book PDF

Author : New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044058302506

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King Lear

Jeffrey Kahan
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Author : Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135973650

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King Lear by Jeffrey Kahan Pdf

Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing, editing, and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship, performance research, and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes, Richard Knowles, Tom Clayton, Cynthia Clegg, Edward L. Rocklin, Christy Desmet, Paul Cantor, Robert V. Young, Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink

Shakspeare's Historical Plays

William Shakespeare
Shakspeare s Historical Plays Book PDF

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082518336

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The Art of Experience

Dagmara Gizło
The Art of Experience Book PDF

Author : Dagmara Gizło
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781000332216

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The Art of Experience provides an interdisciplinary analysis of selected plays from Ireland’s premier female playwright, Marina Carr. Dagmara Gizło explores the transformative impact of a theatrical experience in which interdisciplinary boundaries must be crossed. This book demonstrates that theatre is therapeutic and therapy is theatrical. The role of emotions, cognitions, and empathy in the theatrical experience is investigated throughout. Dagmara Gizło utilises the methodological tools stemming from modern empirically grounded psychology (such as cognitive-behavioural therapy or CBT) to the study of theatre’s transformative potential. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, performance, and literature, and will be a fascinating read for those at the intersection of cognitive studies and the humanities.

The Plays of William Godwin

David O'Shaughnessy
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Author : David O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781315476230

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The Plays of William Godwin by David O'Shaughnessy Pdf

Best known for "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" (1793) and "Caleb Williams" (1794), William Godwin (1756-1836) is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. This book offers academics the chance to build a complete picture of Godwin as a writer and political figure.