Travis Curtright

Shakespeare's Dramatic Persons

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Produktbeschreibung

To refine a critical understanding of early modern acting styles, Shakespeare's Dramatic Persons explores how the classical rhetorical tradition would inform an actor's personation of character.

Produktdetails

• Shakespeare and the Stage
• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781611479386
• ISBN-10: 161147938X
• Artikelnr.: 45639312

Autorenporträt

Travis Curtright is associate professor of humanities and literature at Ave Maria University, where he directs the minor of studies in Shakespeare in Performance. He is the author of The One Thomas More and coeditor of Shakespeare's Last Plays: Readings in Literature and Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: Actors and Orators 1. King Richard III and
Characters as Actors 2. Kate's Audacious Speech of Submission 3. Much Ado
about Personation 4. Iago's Acting Style 5. Marina as Charorator
Conclusion: Direct Address as an "Original Practice" Bibliography Index