| Description |
vii, 296 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / R. S. White -- Romantic Players, Political Theatres / Jonathan Bate -- Readers, Audiences, Players and the Beauties of Shakespeare / Sue Tweg -- 'Murder Most Foul': Shakespeare in the Detective Novel / Madge Mitton -- Shakespeare with No Audience / John Wilders -- The Bard and the Dragon: Shakespeare in China / Murray J. Levith -- Noh Hamlet / Kuniyoshi Munakata -- Shakespearean Misogyny / Lloyd Davis -- Shakespeare and Politics / Derick Marsh -- 'What Is Asking and What Is Wondring': Dramatic Punctuation in Shakespeare / Charles Edelman -- Boy Actors in Women's Roles / Ann Blake -- Shakespeare in Translation: The Trial Scene in The Merchant of Venice / Penny Gay -- Much Ado About Lying / Juliet Dusinberre -- Playing Measure for Measure / R. D. Bedford -- The Better Concludes a Worse?: Shakespeare, Macbeth and Disorder / Robert F. O'Connor -- Journey to the Chapel Perilous: The Quest in Othello / Cherrell Guilfoyle -- Putting out the Light: A 'Snuff' Variant? / Richard Madelaine -- Blackface and Madonna: Race and Gender as Conditions of Reception in Recovering Othello / Jenny De Reuck -- 'Hear Me Speak': Listening to Coriolanus / Kay Stevenson -- Antigonus's Dream / David Ormerod -- The Culture of Slavery: Caliban and Ariel / Derek Cohen -- Material Magic in The Winter's Tale and The Tempest / Yong Li Lan |
| Summary |
"A new collection of essays by well-known international and Australian Shakespearean critics, who explore the idea that readers, editors, audiences, players and directors create meanings as clearly as do Shakespeare's texts. These interpretations of the plays will be of interest to students and scholars alike."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.
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Theater audiences.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Author |
Edelman, Charles.
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White, R. S., 1948-
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Wortham, Christopher, 1940-
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| LC no. |
99487939 |
| ISBN |
1876268131 |
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