| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Induction; 1 Script and performance; 2 Visualising Jonson's text; 3 Designing for Jonson's plays; 4 Acting in Jonson--a conversation with John Nettles and Simon Russell-Beale; 5 Directing Jonson; 6 Introduction; 7 First encounters; 8 Jonson as Shakespeare's Other; 9 Contradictions; 10 The gift of silence; 11 Introduction; 12 Daughters of Ben; 13 'Twill fit the players yet'; 14 Jonson down under: An Australian Alchemist; Epilogue to this 'venture tripartite' |
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Appendix: The conference 'Ben Jonson and the Theatre', University of Reading, January 1996Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Looks at the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. It bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how his drama operates in performance and includes discussion with and between practitioners |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Dramatic production -- Congresses
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Dramatic works -- Congresses
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Stage history -- Congresses
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast |
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Congresses
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Criticism and interpretation
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Theater
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Theater -- Production and direction
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schafer, Elizabeth
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| ISBN |
9780203981375 |
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0203981375 |
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