R. Shaughnessy

The Shakespeare Effect

A History of Twentieth-Century Performance

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Produktbeschreibung

This lively and provocative study offers a radical reappraisal of a century of Shakespearean theatre. Topics addressed include modernist Shakespearean performance's relation with psychoanalysis, the hidden gender dynamics of the open stage movement, and the appropriation of Shakespeare himself as a dramatic fiction and theatrical icon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-77937-8
• 2002
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 379g
• ISBN-13: 9780333779378
• ISBN-10: 0333779371
• Artikelnr.: 21663070

Autorenporträt

ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Reader in Drama at the University of Surrey, Roehampton. He has published widely in the fields of Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and contemporary theatre; his books include Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC, Shakespeare on Film, and Shakespeare in Performance.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: DESPERATE EXPERIMENTS The Last of the Pre-Raphaelites Cambridge Irish PART II: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF TYRONE GUTHRIE Hamlet and Oedipus Biggs Revolution in Stratford PART III: THE STRANGE DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND Seeing Through Shakespeare Ruined Lear Conclusion Notes Index

Rezensionen

'...makes a significant contribution to the literature on the difficult task of theorizing Shakespeare on stage.' - J.Schlueter, Choice