Making Shakespeare : From Stage to Page

ISBN-13: 9780415319645 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 208 str.

Tiffany Stern

Opis

Making Shakespeare gives a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses what a Shakespeare play actually is. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, the book reveals how the plays were written and printed, and how they have been influenced by London, the theatres where they played and the actors who played in them. It describes how the texts evolved between composition, performance and printing, and how they retain clues to their original productions. It presents a variety of background material and tools to allow readers to contextualise Shakespeare's plays for themselves.

Recenzje

'A fine synthesis of current wisdom relating to the workings of Shakespeare's theatre - an area which has not always (or rarely so engagingly) presented the artistic implications of historical context ... Making Shakespeare is so sensible and clear that I hope teachers and others interested in the context of Shakespearean production will put it at the top of their reading lists.' - Times Literary Supplement

'Brings an alert critical intelligence to important questions, and draws on material which has rarely been reproduced elsewhere. There is plenty to engage the non-specialist and the specialist alike in this stimulating and occasionally contentious book.' - Around the Globe

Spis treści

List of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Textual Note; 1. Prologue 2. Text, Playhouse and London 3. Additions, Emendations and Revisions 4. Rehearsal, Performance and Plays 5. Props, Music and Stage Directions 6. Prologues, Songs and Actors' Parts 7. From Stage to Printing House 8. Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Further Reading Index

O autorze

Stern, Tiffany