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Author Richmond, Hugh M.

Title Shakespeare's theatre : a dictionary of his stage context / Hugh Macrae Richmond
Published New York : Continuum, 2002

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Description 570 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series
Athlone Shakespeare dictionary series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Illustrations Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Headwords Dictionary Bibliography Index
Summary "Shakespeare's Theatre consolidates the author's forty years of experience in studying and staging Shakespeare's plays. Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins. Coverage includes the practices of Elizabethan actors and script writers: methods of characterization; gesture, blocking and choreography, including music, dance and fighting; actors' rhetorical interaction with audiences; and use of costumes, stage props, and make-up."
"The author makes use of scripts and scholarship about original stagings of Shakespeare and suggests how those productions related to modern staging. Much of this material has developed as a result of the recent increased interest in the significance of performance for interpreting Shakespeare, including the recovery of the archaeological evidence about the original Rose and Globe Theaters. The book contains current bibliographies for each topic and consolidates these in an overall bibliography for Shakespeare and his theaters."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available online
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625 -- Dictionaries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production -- Dictionaries.
Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Dictionaries.
Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
History.
Dictionaries.
LC no. 2001054276
ISBN 0826456405