English Shakespeares: Shakespeare on the English Stage in the 1990s

ISBN-13: 9780521564762 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 312 str.

Peter Holland

Opis

This book, which explores the full extent of Shakespeare performances in England over the past decade, invites a broad readership of playgoers and students. As a regular theater reviewer, Holland has examined the variety, the strengths and the problems of English productions and companies. They are charted chronologically here, and compared with productions elsewhere. Peter Holland's reviews are individually thoughtful, provocative and illuminating; cumulatively they show that there is no one English Shakespeare style but a rich and often bewildering variety.

Recenzje

'Mixing precise references to textual choices with analyses of acting, set design, direction, and the use of theatrical space, Holland sets a high standard with his thoughtful and sympathetic approach … this book is a must not only for students of drama in performance, but also for theatregoers in general. A reliable if occasionally controversial record, Holland's book is a thoughtful mixture of journalistic immediacy and academic distance.' New Theatre Quarterly Book Reviews

Spis treści

1. Measuring performance; 2. 1989–90: the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre; 3. 1989–90: popular Shakespeare and the Swan Theatre; 4. 1991: a new taxonomy; 5. 1992: productions and spaces, large and small; 6. 1992–3: London and Stratford; 7. 1993–4: the problems of history; 8. 1994–5: two by two; 9. Festivals and foreigners.