Shakespeare and the Power of Performance - Stage and Page in the Elizabethan Theatre (Hardcover)

Focussing on the practical means and media of Shakespeare's stage, this study envisions new horizons for his achievement in the theatre. Bridging the gap between today's page- and stage-centred interpretations, two renowned Shakespeareans demonstrate the artful means by which Shakespeare responded to the competing claims of acting and writing in the Elizabethan era. They examine how the playwright explored issues of performance through the resonant trio of clown, fool, and cross-dressed boy actor. Like this trio, his deepest and most captivating characters often attain their power through the highly performative mode of 'personation' - through playing the character as an open secret. Surveying the whole of the playwright's career in the theatre, Shakespeare and the Power of Performance offers not only compelling ways of approaching the relation of performance and print in Shakespeare's works, but also new models for understanding dramatic character itself.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Robert Weimann • Douglas Bruster
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89532-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-521-89532-4
Barcode:	9780521895323

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