Representing Shakespeare
Author | : Murray M. Schwartz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Psychoanalysis and literature |
ISBN | : 9780783733920 |
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Author | : Murray M. Schwartz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Psychoanalysis and literature |
ISBN | : 9780783733920 |
Author | : Graham Holderness |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Ideology |
ISBN | : 9780719014888 |
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Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Robert Shaughnessy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1317866754 |
This text traces the changing theatrical and cultural identity of the History plays in the context of postwar social and political conflict, crisis and change. Since the company's inception in the early 1960s, the RSC's commitment to relevance has fostered close relationships between Shakespearean criticism and performance, and between the theatre and its audiences. Through a detailed discussion of key productions, from "The War of the Roses" in 1963 to "The Plantegenets" in 1988, Robert Shaughnessy emphasizes the political dimension of contemporary theatrical representations of Shakespeare, and of the "Shakespearean" modes of history that these plays have been employed to promote; individualist, cyclical, male-dominated, and driven by essentialised, transcendent human nature.
Author | : Jan Kott |
Publisher | : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2015-01-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0804152195 |
Shakespeare, Our Contemporary is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare. More than that, it is one of the few critical works to have strongly influenced theatrical productions. Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz are among the many directors who have acknowledged their debt to Jan Kott, finding in his analogies between Shakespearean situations and those in modern life and drama the seeds of vital new stage conceptions. Shakespeare, Our Contemporary has been translated into nineteen languages since it appeared in 1961, and readers all over the world have similarly found their responses to Shakespeare broadened and enriched.
Author | : Stephen Orgel |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1317796217 |
In this lavishly illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare. His subjects are varied and interconnected: the theater as social phenomenon, the development of the stage as an architectural presence and a cultural institution, the changing use of setting and costume, the changing status of the acting profession, the complex relation of theater to the political life of the age. Most of all, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Many essays in The Authentic Shakespeare have become classics. Collected here for the first time, they essential reading for students of the Renaissance stage and the history of the book.
Author | : Sophie Chiari |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2018-10-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1474442552 |
The first comprehensive history of Byzantine warfare in the tenth century
Author | : Mirko Ilic |
Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-10-20 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781616892920 |
A skull held aloft, a lovesick donkey, a bloodied dagger—these familiar icons are instantly recognizable shorthand for the plays of William Shakespeare. In the four hundred years since his death, the Bard of Avon's exalted place in the pantheon of theater and poetry—indeed, all of Western culture—is unequaled. As Ben Jonson proclaimed, Shakespeare "is not of an age but for all time!" And just as centuries of theatrical artists have reimagined his works through the lens of their own time and culture, so too have illustrators and designers been inspired to create posters that reinvent Shakespeare's well-known themes for each new generation of theatergoers. Presenting Shakespeare collects 1,100 posters for Shakespeare's plays, designed by an international roster of artists representing 55 countries, from Japan to Colombia, India, Russia, Australia, and beyond. A fascinating trove of theatrical artifacts, Presenting Shakespeare is a necessary volume for theater and design lovers alike.
Author | : Bernard J. Paris |
Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780838634295 |
Shakespeare's history and Roman plays are usually discussed in terms of their political themes; their leading characters are imagined human beings who must be understood in motivational terms. Analyzing these characters with the aid of modern psychology (the theories of Karen Horney), this story attempts both to make sense of inconsistencies within the plays and the controversies they have produced.
Author | : Kay Stockholder |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2018-09-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1119059011 |
Explores the challenges of maintaining bonds, living up to ideals, and fulfilling desire in Shakespeare’s plays In Thinking About Shakespeare, Kay Stockholder reveals the rich inner lives of some of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters and the ways in which their emotions and actions shape and are shaped by the social and political world around them. In addressing all genres in the Shakespeare canon, the authors explore the possibility of people being constant to each other in many different kinds of relationships: those of lovers, kings and subjects, friends, and business partners. While some bonds are irrevocably broken, many are reaffirmed. In all cases, the authors offer insight into what drives Shakespeare’s characters to do what they do, what draws them together or pulls them apart, and the extent to which bonds can ever be eternal. Ultimately, the most durable bond may be between the playwright and the audience, whereby the playwright pleases and the audience approves. The book takes an in-depth look at a dozen of The Bard’s best-loved works, including: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Romeo and Juliet; The Merchant of Venice; Richard II; Henry IV, Part I; Hamlet; Troilus and Cressida; Othello; Macbeth; King Lear; Antony and Cleopatra; and The Tempest. It also provides an epilogue titled: Prospero and Shakespeare. Written in a style accessible for all levels Discusses 12 plays, making it a comprehensive study of Shakespeare’s work Covers every genre of The Bard’s work, giving readers a full sense of Shakespeare’s art/thought over the course of his oeuvre Provides a solid overall sense of each play and the major characters/plot lines in them Providing new and sometimes unconventional and provocative ways to think about characters that have had a long critical heritage, Thinking About Shakespeare is an enlightening read that is perfect for scholars, and ideal for any level of student studying one of history’s greatest storytellers.