Shakespeare and Modern Theatre: The Performance of Modernity

ISBN-13: 9780415219853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str.

Michael D. Bristol; Kathleen McLuskie

Opis

Shakespeare's works are now performed for an increasingly diversified cultural market. At the start of the 21st century, film, video and live performance have overtaken the printed book as the main ways in which people are introduced to Shakespeare. Therefore, is there any reason to ask people to read Shakespeare's plays anymore? The essays in this volume explore this question and the institutional practices that shape contemporary performances of Shakespeare's plays. The book gathers together contributors from across the literary-performative divide to examine the relationship between Shakespeare, the culture industries, modernism and live performance.

Recenzje

'A worthwhile purchase for anyone interested in modernism, Shakespeare, performance and the culture industry.' - The Magazine of Shakespeare's Globe

O autorze

Michael Bristol, Kathleen McLuskie, Christopher Holmes