Shakespeare in Performance: Castings and Metamorphoses - Couverture souple

Berry, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333587715 ISBN 13 : 9780333587713

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1993

Synopsis

These studies of Shakespeare in performance take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of these studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of "Hamlet" and "Measure for Measure". The transformations of "The Tempest" and dramatis personae are analyzed. Audience control is studied in "King Lear", through Cordelia's asides, in "Richard II" with its subversive laughter and in "Henry IV" with its scenic alternation of pleasure and duty. Performance is the realization of identity. The book draws on major productions as recent as 1991/92. By the author of "On Directing Shakespeare", "Shakespeare and Social Class" and "Changing Styles in Shakespeare".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed and The Tempest is viewed through the changing relationships of Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. Some of Shakespeare’s most original strategies for audience control are studied, such as Cordelia's asides in King Lear, Richard II’s subversive laughter and the scenic alternation of pleasure and duty in Henry IV. Performance is the realization of identity. The book draws on major productions up to 1992, just before the book was originally published.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333587715
• ISBN 13: 9780333587713
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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