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25 produkter
Webster: The White Devil
Häftad, 2012
380 kr
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The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster's thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes:- a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it …
Shakespeare and Audience in Practice
Inbunden, 2014
1466 kr
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What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in …
Shakespeare and Audience in Practice
Häftad, 2013
461 kr
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What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in …
Webster: The White Devil
E-bok, 2012
412 kr
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The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster''s thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes: - a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it …
Shakespeare and Audience in Practice
E-bok, 2013
502 kr
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What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble
Av Fiona Ritchie, Stephen Purcell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1304 kr
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Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare’s characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Yukio Ninagawa
Av Conor Hanratty, Stephen Purcell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1547 kr
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Yukio Ninagawa (1935–2016) was Japan's foremost director of Shakespeare whose productions were acclaimed around the world. His work was lauded for its spectacular imagery, its inventive use of Japanese iconography and its striking fusion of Eastern and Western theatre traditions.Over a career …
Shakespeare in the Theatre Phyllida Lloyd
Av Elizabeth Schafer, David Bullen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1304 kr
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This volume examines the pioneering work of Phyllida Lloyd, whose all-female productions have revolutionised how Shakespeare’s plays are performed in 21st-century Britain.Following Lloyd from her first Shakespeare in Cheltenham in 1986, this book explores her radical casting practices and the …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Satoshi Miyagi
Av Mika Eglinton, Farah Karim Cooper m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1211 kr
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Drawing on interview material, current scholarship and documents from the Ku Na'uka and SPAC archives, this book is the first major appraisal of Miyagi's 30-year career as one of Japan's leading directors of Shakespeare. It provides an in-depth critique of Miyagi's approach to directing Shakespeare …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Tina Packer
Av Katharine Goodland, Peter Holland m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1157 kr
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This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America.Tina Packer directed her first Shakespeare play at …
Webster: The White Devil
E-bok, 2012
412 kr
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The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster''s thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes: - a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it …
Shakespeare and Audience in Practice
E-bok, 2013
491 kr
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What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in …
Shakespeare in the Theatre Kathryn Hunter
Av Stephen Purcell, Farah Karim Cooper m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1192 kr
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Kathryn Hunter is one of the most distinctive performers on the modern stage. Her shapeshifting abilities have seen her play Shakespearean roles as diverse as King Lear, Richard III, Katharina, Cleopatra, Puck, and Timon of Athens. Her role as the witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company
Av Drew Lichtenberg, Deborah C. Payne m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
425 kr
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Co-authored by the resident dramaturg at Shakespeare Theatre Company and a long-time scholarly consultant, this book chronicles how a small repertory troupe at the Folger Theatre on Capitol Hill became an internationally renowned company performing in a lavish, multi-venue performing arts centre in …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: The Stratford Festival
Av Christie Carson, Peter Holland m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1228 kr
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This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America.In English-speaking Canada, the Festival has become the unofficial national theatre, drawing both praise and criticism. Dividing …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company
Av Ronan Hatfull, Stephen Purcell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1168 kr
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The first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this book explores the troupe’s four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades.The Reduced Shakespeare Company represent an American tale of how a small-scale, open-air troupe specialising in fast-paced, irreverent …
Shakespeare in the Theatre Glen Byam Shaw and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Av Julian Richards, Farah Karim Cooper m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1192 kr
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Drawing on interviews with contemporaries and his never-before-seen notebooks, this volume is the first book-length analysis on how Glen Byam Shaw’s work on Shakespeare in the 1950s reshaped the landscape of British theatre.Glen Byam Shaw was a pivotal figure in the development of Shakespearean …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe
Av Stephen Purcell, Peter Holland
Häftad, 2017
413 kr
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the GlobeEach volume in the Shakespeare in the Theatre series focuses on a director or theatre company who has made a significant contribution to Shakespeare production, identifying the artistic and political/social contexts of their work. The series …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe
Av Stephen Purcell, Peter Holland
Inbunden, 2017
1466 kr
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the GlobeEach volume in the Shakespeare in the Theatre series focuses on a director or theatre company who has made a significant contribution to Shakespeare production, identifying the artistic and political/social contexts of their work. The series …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe
E-bok, 2017
448 kr
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe Each volume in the Shakespeare in the Theatre series focuses on a director or theatre company who has made a significant contribution to Shakespeare production, identifying the artistic and political/social contexts of their work. The series …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe
E-bok, 2017
448 kr
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Mark Rylance at the Globe Each volume in the Shakespeare in the Theatre series focuses on a director or theatre company who has made a significant contribution to Shakespeare production, identifying the artistic and political/social contexts of their work. The series …
Shakespeare in the Theatre: The American Shakespeare Center
Av Paul Menzer, Peter Holland m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
413 kr
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The original Blackfriars closed its doors in the 1640s, ending over half-a-century of performances by men and boys. In 2001, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, it opened once again. The reconstructed Blackfriars, home to the American Shakespeare Center, represents an old playhouse for the new …
Troilus and Cressida
Inbunden, 2025
1411 kr
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A history of Shakespeare’s play in performance, from John Dryden’s Restoration adaptation to the rediscovery of the play in the twentieth century. What made this play so relevant to audiences who had lived through the horrors of two world wars and the rise of fascism? Why did it speak so directly …
