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Author Scott-Douglass, Amy.

Title Shakespeare inside : the Bard behind bars / Amy Scott-Douglass
Published London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 144 pages) : illustrations
Series Shakespeare now!
Shakespeare now!
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; General Editors'' Preface; Act 1; Act 2; Intermission; Act 3; Act 4; Act 5; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary Shakespeare Inside goes behind the scenes to reveal Shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time - in prisons. Based upon the author's experience of watching prison yard rehearsals and performances, and interviewing inmates, program directors, and wardens, Shakespeare Inside is not an objective, dispassionate account of how Shakespeare is bastardized by repressive institutions but offers a record of fiercely personal experiences. We hear ex-offender Mike Smith detail how playing Desdemona was vital to his rehabilitation; we sit in the audience of women inmates as
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index
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In Bloomsbury Drama Online Core Collection Scholarly Books. Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Shakespeare, William. swd
Subject Prison theater -- Case studies
Public administration.
Shakespeare studies & criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Prison theater
Education
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007278276
ISBN 9781441127273
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9781472555304
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