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Author: Ralph Berry
Publisher: Routledge
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
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On Directing Shakespeare Book Description

by Ralph Berry, On Directing Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download On Directing Shakespeare books, 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. Originally published in 1977.

Author: Sidney Homan
Publisher: Ohio University Press
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
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Directing Shakespeare Book Description

by Sidney Homan, Directing Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Directing Shakespeare books, "Professor Homan recounts the experience of staging King Lear accompanied by a musical score for piano, violin, and cello played live onstage. He discusses the challenge of making and trying to justify cuts in Hamlet. The chapter on The Comedy of Errors shows the ways in which scholarly and critical writings can contribute to a director's decisions on everything from casting to acting styles. A casual remark from an actress leads to a feminist production of a Midsummer Night's Dream. He describes the delicate collaboration between director and performer as he works with actors preparing for The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, and Hamlet. Other chapters treat a set designer's bold red drapes that influenced the director's concept for Julius Caesar, and the cross-influence of back-to-back runs of Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Hamlet."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Charles Ney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Size: 57.84 MB
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Directing Shakespeare In America Book Description

by Charles Ney, Directing Shakespeare In America Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Directing Shakespeare In America books, In this first substantive study of directing Shakespeare in the USA, Charles Ney compares and contrasts directors working at major companies across the country. Because of the complexities of directing Shakespeare for audiences today, a director's methods, values and biases are more readily perceptible in their work on Shakespeare than in more contemporary work. Directors disclose their interpretation of the text, their management of the various stages of production, how they go about supervising rehearsals and share tactics. This book will be useful to students wanting to develop skills, practitioners who want to learn from what other directors are doing, and scholars and students studying production practice and performance.

Author: Elizabeth Schafer
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Size: 57.71 MB
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
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Ms Directing Shakespeare Book Description

by Elizabeth Schafer, Ms Directing Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Ms Directing Shakespeare books, "First published in Great Britain by the Women's Press Ltd., 1998"--Title page verso.

Author: Gabriella Giannachi
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Size: 21.37 MB
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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On Directing Book Description

by Gabriella Giannachi, On Directing Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download On Directing books, The profession of directing is barely a century old. On Directing considers the position of the director in theater and performance today. What is a director? How do they begin work on a play or performance? What methods are used in rehearsal? Is the director an enabler, a collaborator or dictator? As we enter the new millennium, is the very concept of directing under increasing threat from changes in thinking and practice? The full diversity of today's approaches to directing are explored through a series of interviews with leading contemporary practitioners. On Directing is a landmark book about the director's craft.

Author: Alan C. Dessen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Size: 23.68 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Rescripting Shakespeare Book Description

by Alan C. Dessen, Rescripting Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Rescripting Shakespeare books, In this 2002 book, Alan Dessen examines the pluses and minuses of directors' rescripting or rewrighting of Shakespeare's playtexts.

Author: Ralph Berry
Publisher: Routledge
Size: 65.49 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Changing Styles In Shakespeare Book Description

by Ralph Berry, Changing Styles In Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Changing Styles In Shakespeare books, First published in 1981. 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 Night. Changing Styles in Shakespeare looks at representative and key productions to trace the evolution of each play on today's stage, illustrating how production changes relate to a changed perception of the play, and thus to shifts in social attitudes. It singles out the salient features of many productions, paying special attention to reviews and prompt books.

Author: Tetsuo Kishi
Publisher: A&C Black
Size: 79.76 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Shakespeare In Japan Book Description

by Tetsuo Kishi, Shakespeare In Japan Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Shakespeare In Japan books, Since the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics.

Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Size: 80.77 MB
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
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William Shakespeare The Complete Works Book Description

by William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare The Complete Works Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download William Shakespeare The Complete Works books, The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative General Introduction. Included here for the first time is the play The Reign of King Edward the Third as well as the full text of Sir Thomas More. This new edition also features an essay on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal, and a bibliography of foundational works.

Author: Laurie Maguire
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Size: 46.34 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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30 Great Myths About Shakespeare Book Description

by Laurie Maguire, 30 Great Myths About Shakespeare Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download 30 Great Myths About Shakespeare books, Think you know Shakespeare? Think again . . . Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife? Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material—or its absence—can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell.