Shakespeare and the making of theatre / edited by Bridget Escolme and Stuart Hampton-Reeves.

Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Format/Description:

Book
xv, 241 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Performing arts.

Summary:

A highly engaging text that approaches Shakespeare as a maker of theatre, as well as a writer of literature. Leading performance critics dismantle Shakespeare's texts, identifying theatrical cues in ways which develop understanding of the underlying theatricality of Shakespeare's plays and stimulate further performances.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Textual Clues and Performance Choices / Margaret Jane Kidnie
2.Openings / Peter Holland
3.Entrances and Exits / Rob Conkie
4.Endings / Paul Prescott
5.Visual Scores / Christie Carson
6.Props / Farah Karim-Cooper
7.Talking Heads / Carol Chillington Rutter
8.Costume / Bridget Escolme
9.Fighting / Stuart Hampton-Reeves
10.Audiences / Sarah Werner
11.Sound / P.A. Skantze
12.Silence / Robert Shaughnessy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Escolme, Bridget, 1964-
Hampton-Reeves, Stuart.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

ISBN:

9780230218673 (hbk.)
0230218679 (hbk.)
9780230218680 (pbk.)
0230218687 (pbk.)

OCLC:

776773153

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