Now in its fifth edition, this guide to project work continues to be an indispensable resource for all students undertaking research.
Guiding the reader right through from preliminary stages to completion, The Research Project sets out in clear and concise terms the main tasks involved in doing a research project, covering:

• choosing a topic
• using the library effectively
• taking notes
• shaping and composing the project
• providing footnotes, documentation and a bibliography
• avoiding common pitfalls.

Fully...

Each of Shakespeare's plays is in a continuous state of development in performance. This book examines major changes whilst focusing on six plays in detail: "Coriolanus, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Henry V, Hamlet "and "Twelfth"

Shakespeare s plays are powerfully shaped by their sense of place. From Romeo and Juliet s fiery, divided Verona to the mists and ghosts of Hamlet s Denmark or Macbeth s Inverness, location in Shakespeare is often as much a character as any of his protagonists. Unlike his other characters, however, it is still possible to visit many of the locations in Shakespeare s plays, and author and scholar Ralph Berry does just that, visiting each of the places that inspired the Bard s imagination.
Examining locations Shakespeare knew from personal experience, such as Windsor;...

For producers and directors planning a production, several questions inevitably arise: which play is appropriate for the contemporary audience? Should the text and setting be altered? Twelve leading contemporary directors answer these questions in interviews in this book and shed light on what Shakespeare means to them and to their audiences.

These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed and The Tempest is viewed through the changing relationships of Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. Some of Shakespeare's most original strategies for audience control are studied, such as Cordelia's asides in King Lear, Richard II's subversive laughter and the scenic alternation of pleasure and duty in Henry IV....

This book, first published in 1985, explores the consciousness and the experience of Shakespeare's audience. First describing the stage's physical impact, Ralph Berry then goes on to explore the social or tribal consciousness of the audience in certain plays. The title finishes by examining the masque - the salient form of the Jacobean theatre. This title will be of interest to students of literature and theatre studies.