R. Shaughnessy

Gebundenes Buch

The Shakespeare Effect

A History of Twentieth-Century Performance

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

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

Rezensionen

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