Shakespeare's Accents: Voicing Identity in Performance

ISBN-13: 9781108454612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 250 str.

Sonia (King's College London) Massai

Opis

A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.

Recenzje

'Sonia Massai's history of accents on the British stage gives readers what they need to hear: a cultural history of the reception of Shakespearean speech.' Carla Della Gatta, Shakespeare Bulletin

Spis treści

1. 'Accents yet unknown': the changing soundscape of Shakespeare in contemporary performance; 2. 'Lend me your Ears': experiments with original pronunciation; 3. David Garrick's 'sonic revolution': hegemony and protest, 1737–1843; 4. 'Usual speech' and 'barbarous dialects' on the early modern stage.