This wide and universal theater : Shakespeare in performance, then and now / David Bevington.
This wide and universal theater : Shakespeare in performance, then and now / David Bevington.
This wide and universal theater : Shakespeare in performance, then and now / David Bevington.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N792.95/21
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English
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Physical content
xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Actions that a man might play : an introduction -- 2. There lies the scene : actors and theaters in late Elizabethan England -- 3. A local habitation and a name : stage business in the comedies -- 4. Thus play I in one person many people : performing the histories -- 5. Like a strutting player :...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"For generations, most readers have first encountered Shakespeare's plays in books, rather than onstage. In schools, his works are primarily taught by professor of English, many of whom know little about the theater. Yet Shakespeare was through and through a man of the stage. So what is lost when we leave Shakespeare the dramatist behind, and what...
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This wide and universal theater : Shakespeare in performance, then and now / David Bevington.
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Includes index.
This study examines how Shakespeare's plays have been transformed for the stage by the demands of theatrical spaces and staging conventions.
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N792.95/21
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74VK7RddGdLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7RddGdLy
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0226044785 (alk. paper)
9780226044781 (alk. paper)
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792.95
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991022793699702626
