Shakespeare Handbooks – serie
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107 produkter
Winter's Tale
Av Ros King
Inbunden, 2008
1145 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to The Winter's Tale offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling …
Winter's Tale
Av Ros King
Häftad, 2008
381 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to The Winter's Tale offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling …
Henry IV
Parts I and II
Häftad, 2008
381 kr
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This engaging double-volume Handbook explores the Henry IV plays as texts for performance as they unfold, moment by moment, on the stage. With scene-by-scene commentary, and including an account of their life on stage, film and in criticism, this guide illuminates two plays that together rank as …
Taming of the Shrew
E-bok, 2017
412 kr
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Few of Shakespeare''s comedies have proved more popular and enduring than The Taming of the Shrew - and yet it has come to seem one of Shakespeare''s more controversial plays. An analysis of the drama that is attentive to its theatrical challenges and stage history allows a better understanding of …
Richard III
E-bok, 2006
412 kr
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This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare''s most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare''s words. Chapters on stage, film and …
Twelfth Night
E-bok, 2017
412 kr
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This book opens up Twelfth Night as a play to see and hear, provides useful contextual and source material, and considers the critical and theatrical reception over four centuries. A detailed performance commentary brings to life the many moods of Shakespeare''s subtle but robust humour. Students …
Hamlet
E-bok, 2006
412 kr
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The commentary at the centre of this groundbreaking introduction alerts the reader to what happens on stage during a performance by showing what the text requires from actors and the choices they are offered. By this means, the Handbook demonstrates how an audience responds to plot and dramatic …
Measure for Measure
E-bok, 2007
412 kr
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Measure for Measure generates much debate and is strikingly modern. This introductory guide offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performance, studies of influential performances, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical …
As You Like It
E-bok, 2005
369 kr
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The commentary at the centre of this Handbook introduces students to the play as it would be experienced in performance. Other sections provide basic information about the text and its first performances, a brief description of the main political and cultural currents of the time and the popular …
Much Ado About Nothing
Häftad, 2011
381 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical …
Webster: The Duchess of Malfi
Inbunden, 2014
1145 kr
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The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This …
Webster: The Duchess of Malfi
Häftad, 2014
381 kr
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The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This …
Middleton and Rowley: The Changeling
Av Jay O'Berski
Inbunden, 2012
1145 kr
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The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley is a luridly sensual dramatic work which was highly regarded in its day, but then largely forgotten until its revival three hundred years later. This timely Handbook:- Offers a detailed theatrical commentary which tracks the motivations of the …
Middleton and Rowley: The Changeling
Av Jay O'Berski
Häftad, 2012
381 kr
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The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley is a luridly sensual dramatic work which was highly regarded in its day, but then largely forgotten until its revival three hundred years later. This timely Handbook:- Offers a detailed theatrical commentary which tracks the motivations of the …
Webster: The White Devil
Häftad, 2012
381 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 …
Much Ado About Nothing
E-bok, 2011
412 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Much Ado About Nothing offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptation, a wide sampling of critical …
Richard II
Av Jeremy Lopez
Inbunden, 2008
1226 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Richard II offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of three or four key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a wide …
Richard II
Av Jeremy Lopez, John Russell Brown
Häftad, 2008
398 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Richard II offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of three or four key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a wide …
Othello
Inbunden, 2010
1145 kr
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An introductory guide to Othello in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of screen adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and further reading.
Othello
Häftad, 2010
381 kr
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An introductory guide to Othello in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of screen adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and further reading.
Merchant of Venice
E-bok, 2005
412 kr
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This volume, while it raises all the questions appertaining to the cultural, historical and critical contexts of the play, has as its primary focus the play as theatrical performance. This focus is not taken in isolation, but observed in terms of all the social, material and practical aspects of …
Henry V
A Guide to the Text and its Theatrical Life
Av Kevin Ewert
E-bok, 2006
412 kr
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Focusing on stage directions, implied stage action in the dialogue, and on production choices available at key moments, this Handbook treats the script like a rehearsal in progress and encourages the imagining of a physical narrative where the play''s meanings and our responses are shaped by staged …
Antony and Cleopatra
E-bok, 2006
381 kr
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This handbook offers a way in to reading Anthony and Cleopatra theatrically. Through analyses of key productions, an account of the historical conditions in which the play was first produced, and a scene-by-scene account of how the play might be approached in performance, this book focuses on the …
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 …
Ford: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Av Martin White
E-bok, 2012
395 kr
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''Tis Pity She''s a Whore is one of the most controversial plays ever staged in the English theatre. In this illuminating Handbook, Martin White: - Offers an in-depth, moment-by-moment analysis of the play, looking at how it might be performed on stage - Provides vital contextual material on John …
King Lear
E-bok, 2009
412 kr
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An introductory guide to King Lear in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and annotated …
Romeo and Juliet
E-bok, 2010
369 kr
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An introductory guide to Romeo and Juliet in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of screen adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and annotated …
Julius Caesar
E-bok, 2009
412 kr
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Julius Caesar is possibly the play that opened The Globe theatre. Certainly it was one of the first to be performed there, using the acting resources of the company and the new stage space with dramatic confidence. The first of Shakespeare''s mature tragedies, Julius Caesar is also stirring …
Henry IV
Parts I and II
E-bok, 2008
412 kr
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This engaging double-volume Handbook explores the Henry IV plays as texts for performance as they unfold, moment by moment, on the stage. With scene-by-scene commentary, and including an account of their life on stage, film and in criticism, this guide illuminates two plays that together rank as …
Richard II
Av Jeremy Lopez
E-bok, 2008
421 kr
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This Handbook provides an introductory guide to Richard II offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of three or four key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a wide …
