S. Purcell

Popular Shakespeare

Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-57703-9
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780230577039
• ISBN-10: 0230577032
• Artikelnr.: 25837318

Autorenporträt

Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He directs for the theatre company The Pantaloons.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface Acknowledgements Personal Narrative I: Ambiguous Applause Popular Shakespeares Personal Narrative II: Stand-up Shakespeare Text and Metatext: Shakespeare and Anachronism Personal Narrative III: Jeffrey Archer: The One That Got Away 'A Play Extempore': Interpolation, Improvisation, and Unofficial Speech Personal Narrative IV: A Bit Sexist 'It's Like a Shakespeare Play!': Parodic Appropriations of Shakespeare Personal Narrative V: Blasphemy Shakespeare's Popular Audience: Reconstructions and Deconstructions Personal Narrative VI: Alternative Endings Shakespeare, Space, and the 'Popular' Personal Narrative VII: 'It's the Famous Bit!': Fragments of Romeo and Juliet Shakespearean 'Samples' Personal Narrative VIII: Rough Magic Notes Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

There is much to recommend in Popular Shakespeare . It is full of well-told and genuinely amusing examples of productions.' - Jerome Monahan, Around the Globe , magazine of Shakespeare's Globe