The Shakespeare effect : a history of twentieth-century performance / Robert Shaughnessy.
The Shakespeare effect : a history of twentieth-century performance / Robert Shaughnessy.
The Shakespeare effect : a history of twentieth-century performance / Robert Shaughnessy.
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Houndmills, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N792.9509/1
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English
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Physical content
ix, 221 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Desperate Experiments -- 1. The Last of the Pre-Raphaelites -- 2. Cambridge Irish -- Pt. II. The Double Life of Tyrone Guthrie -- 3. Hamlet and Oedipus Biggs -- 4. Revolution in Stratford -- Pt. III. The Strange Death of Shakespeare's England -- 5. Seeing through Shakespeare -- 6. Ruined Lear...
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Houndmills, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"This study offers a radical reappraisal of a century of Shakespearean theatre in which the efficacy of live performance has been central to modernity's relationship with the plays. From the birth of Elizabethan revivalism amidst the professionalism of the Shakespeare industry at the end of the Victorian period, to the dismantling of the author, wo...
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The Shakespeare effect : a history of twentieth-century performance / Robert Shaughnessy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-215) and index.
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N792.9509/1
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74VvBlE7EBzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBlE7EBzd
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0333779371 (cloth)
9780333779378 (cloth)
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792.950904
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991016599809702626
