Middleton and Rowley: The Changeling

ISBN-13: 9780230246065 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 168 str.

Jay O'Berski

Opis

This introductory guide to one of Middleton and Rowley's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading.

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements.- The Texts and Early Performances.- Commentary: The Play in Performance.- Intellectual and Cultural Context.- Key Performances and Productions.- The Play on Screen
Critical Assessments.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

JAY O'BERSKI Assistant Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies at Duke University, USA. He is Artistic Director of The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern and Associate Artistic Director of Manbites Dog Theater.

Blurb

The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley is a luridly sensual dramatic work which was highly regarded in its day, but then largely forgotten until its revival three hundred years later. This timely Handbook:
• offers a detailed theatrical commentary which tracks the motivations of the capricious characters and explores performance possibilities
• examines the cultural conditions that gave rise to the play, juxtaposing them with the conditions of the twentieth century
• analyses early performances as well as later stage and film productions
• presents key critical debates and assessments of The Changeling.