William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to thought-provoking debates around such issues as gender identity and role-playing, manipulation and deception.
Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's spirited play offers:
extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to the present
annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text...
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to t...
Drawing on debates around the global/local dimensions of cultural production, an international team of contributors explore the appropriation of Shakespeare s plays in film and performance around the world.
In particular, the book examines the ways in which adapters and directors have put Shakespeare into dialogue with local traditions and contexts. The contributors look in turn at local Shakespeares for local, national and international audiences, covering a range of English and foreign appropriations that challenge geographical and cultural oppositions between centre and...
Drawing on debates around the global/local dimensions of cultural production, an international team of contributors explore the appropriation of Sh...
Drawing on debates around the global/local dimensions of cultural production, an international team of contributors explore the appropriation of Shakespearea (TM)s plays in film and performance around the world.
In particular, the book examines the ways in which adapters and directors have put Shakespeare into dialogue with local traditions and contexts. The contributors look in turn at a ~locala (TM) Shakespeares for local, national and international audiences, covering a range of English and foreign appropriations that challenge geographical and cultural oppositions between a ~centrea...
Drawing on debates around the global/local dimensions of cultural production, an international team of contributors explore the appropriation of Sh...
Sonia Massai's central claim in this book is that the texts of early printed editions of Renaissance drama, including Shakespeare's, did not simply 'degenerate' or 'corrupt' over time, as subsequent editions were printed using the immediate predecessor as their basis. By focusing on early correctors of dramatic texts for the press, this book identifies a previously overlooked category of textual agents involved in the process of their transmission into print. Massai also challenges the common assumption that the first editor of Shakespeare was Nicholas Rowe, who published his edition of...
Sonia Massai's central claim in this book is that the texts of early printed editions of Renaissance drama, including Shakespeare's, did not simply 'd...
This book offers the first comprehensive collection of interviews, critical overviews, and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera, and musicals in our time. Stunning production photos capture the power of van Hove's directorial vision, his innovative use of theatrical spaces, and the arresting stage images that have made his productions so popular among audiences worldwide over the last 30 years. Van Hove's own contribution to the book, which includes his director's notes for some of his most popular shows, makes this...
This book offers the first comprehensive collection of interviews, critical overviews, and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally accl...
This book offers the first comprehensive collection of interviews, critical overviews, and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera, and musicals in our time. Stunning production photos capture the power of van Hove's directorial vision, his innovative use of theatrical spaces, and the arresting stage images that have made his productions so popular among audiences worldwide over the last 30 years. Van Hove's own contribution to the book, which includes his director's notes for some of his most popular shows, makes this...
This book offers the first comprehensive collection of interviews, critical overviews, and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally accl...
