Webster: The White Devil

ISBN-13: 9780230279766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 184 str.

Stephen Purcell

Opis

This introductory guide to one of Webster's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene commentary of the play in performance, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading.

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface Preface The Text and First Performances Intellectual and Cultural Context Commentary: The Play in Performance Key Performances and Productions Critical Assessments Further Reading Index

O autorze

STEPHEN PURCELL Assistant Professor in English at the University of Warwick, UK. His previous publications include Popular Shakespeare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and he is a professional director and Artistic Director of 'The Pantaloons'.

Blurb

The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster's thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes:
• a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it unfolds on stage
• an overview of the play's cultural context
• excerpts from historical sources
• case studies of four modern productions, featuring interviews with directors
• an outline of key critical writings on the play, from the seventeenth century through to today.