| Description |
1 online resource (440 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1. A Mishmash of Adaptations and Transformations -- Chapter 2. Macbeth: Poor Players That Strut and Fret -- Chapter 3. Whole Hamlets of Tragical Speeches -- Chapter 4. Lear Come Lately -- Chapter 5. Peopling the Isle with Calibans -- Chapter 6. Triple Action Theatre -- Chapter 7. Shaw versus Shakes -- Chapter 8. Brecht Changes Shakespeare -- Chapter 9. Shakespearean Embers in Beckett -- Afterword -- Notes -- Appendix A: Published Offshoots in Dramatic Form -- Appendix B: Offshoots Discussed in the Book -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
Shakespeare's plays have never had a larger audience than they do in our time. This wide viewing is complemented by modern scholarship, which has verified and elucidated the plays' texts. Nevertheless, Shakespeare's plays continue to be revised. In order to find out how and why he has been rewritten, Ruby Cohn examines modern dramatic offshoots in English, French, and German. Surveying drama intended for the serious theater, the author discusses modern versions of Shakespeare's plays, especially Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest. Although the focus is always on drama, contrast is s |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Drama
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400867820 |
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1400867827 |
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