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Hamlet (Paperback)
William Shakespeare; Contributions by Paul Prescott; Introduction by Alan Sinfield; Revised by Alan Sinfield
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Canadians have enjoyed a long history of encounters with
Shakespeare, from the visual arts to creative new adaptations, from
traditional and nontraditional interpretations to distinguished
critical scholarship. We have in over two centuries remade
Shakespeare in ways that are distinctly Canadian. The Oxford
Shakespeare Made in Canada series offers a unique vantage on these
histories of production and encounter with attention to
accessibility and presentation. These editions explore how a given
country can inform the interpretation and pedagogy associated with
individual plays. Canadians, or more properly British North
Americans from both Upper and Lower Canada, have been interacting
with Shakespeare since no less than the 1760s in a tradition that
is at once rich and robust, indigenous and international. The
Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare project at the University of
Guelph has created a multimedia database of hundreds of
adaptations, developed from Guelph's world-class theatre archives
and a host of independent sources that reflect on a long tradition
- from pre-Confederation times and heading vibrantly into the
future - of playing Shakespeare in Canada.These are the first
editions of the plays of William Shakespeare to place key insights
from the world's best scholarship alongside the specific contexts
associated with a dynamic Canadian tradition of productions and
adaptations. Specially research images, never printed before, from
a range of Canadian productions of Shakespeare will be featured in
every play In additional to a scholarly edition of the playtext
complete with original new annotation, these books will include
both short introductions by noted scholars and prefaces by
well-known Canadians who have experience with Shakespeare. In
addition, each play will include act and scene summaries, dramatis
personal, and recommended reading/resources.
'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on
the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for
those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with
room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in rehearsal on a
Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will
be in my hand.' ADRIAN LESTER, Actor, Director and Writer Arden
Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a
Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes
giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about
key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and
pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's
possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Each edition
offers: -Facing-page notes -Short, clear definitions of words
-Easily accessible information about key textual variants -Notes on
pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words -An easy to
read layout -Space to write notes -A short introduction to the play
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Y Spy (Hardcover)
Paul Prescott; Illustrated by Paul Prescott; Edited by Cookie Miss
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From the aftermath of World War II to the convulsions of Brexit,
festivals have deployed Shakespeare as a model of inclusive and
progressive theatre to seek cultural solutions to Europe's
multi-faceted crises. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
the first book to chart Shakespeare’s presence at continental
European festivals. It examines the role these festivals play in
European socio-cultural exchanges, and the impact festivals make on
the wider production and circulation of staged Shakespeare across
the continent. This collection offers authoritative, lively and
informed accounts of the production of Shakespeare at the following
festivals: the Avignon Festival and Le Printemps des comédiens in
Montpellier (France), the Almagro festival (Spain), Shakespeare at
Four Castles (Czech Republic and Slovakia), the International
Shakespeare Festival in Craiova (Romania), the Shakespeare
festivals in Elsinore (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Gyula (Hungary),
Itaka (Serbia), Neuss (Germany), Patalenitsa (Bulgaria), Rome and
Verona (Italy). Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners
interested in Shakespeare in performance, in translation and in a
post-national Shakespeare that knows no borders and belongs to all
of Europe.
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Coriolanus (Paperback)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Paul Prescott; Revised by Paul Prescott
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'Unable to rely on heaven, we look to Shakespeare as a contemporary
conscience' Peter Conrad Coriolanus, a famed warrior turned
politician, is driven from Rome as a traitor when he arrogantly
speaks out against popular rule and loses the good will of the
starving people. Banished and embittered, he allies himself with
his former enemies and begins to plot a merciless revenge on Rome.
Shakespeare's politically ambiguous late tragedy of a great soldier
who fails to be a great leader questions the notion of heroism and
what power really means. Used and Recommended by the National
Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by G. R. Hibbard
Introduction by Paul Prescott
From the aftermath of World War II to the convulsions of Brexit,
festivals have deployed Shakespeare as a model of inclusive and
progressive theatre to seek cultural solutions to Europe's
multi-faceted crises. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
the first book to chart Shakespeare's presence at continental
European festivals. It examines the role these festivals play in
European socio-cultural exchanges, and the impact festivals make on
the wider production and circulation of staged Shakespeare across
the continent. This collection offers authoritative, lively and
informed accounts of the production of Shakespeare at the following
festivals: the Avignon Festival and Le Printemps des comediens in
Montpellier (France), the Almagro festival (Spain), Shakespeare at
Four Castles (Czech Republic and Slovakia), the International
Shakespeare Festival in Craiova (Romania), the Shakespeare
festivals in Elsinore (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Gyula (Hungary),
Itaka (Serbia), Neuss (Germany), Patalenitsa (Bulgaria), Rome and
Verona (Italy). Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners
interested in Shakespeare in performance, in translation and in a
post-national Shakespeare that knows no borders and belongs to all
of Europe.
Ranging from David Garrick's Macbeth in the 1740s to the World
Shakespeare Festival in London 2012, this is the first book to
provide in-depth analysis of the history and practice of
Shakespearean theatre reviewing. Reviewing Shakespeare describes
the changing priorities and interpretative habits of theatre
critics as they have both responded to and provoked innovations in
Shakespearean performance culture over the last three centuries. It
analyses the conditions - theatrical, journalistic, social and
personal - in which Shakespearean reception has taken place,
presenting original readings of the works of key critics (Shaw,
Beerbohm, Agate and Tynan), whilst also tracking broader historical
shifts in the relationship between reviewers and performance.
Prescott explores the key function of the 'night-watch constable'
in patrolling the boundaries of legitimate Shakespearean
performance and offers a compelling account of the many ways in
which newspaper reviews are uniquely fruitful documents for anyone
interested in Shakespeare and the theatre.
Shakespeare has long been identified as Britain's 'national poet',
but his extensive role in the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad
confirmed his expanded status as a modern global icon. From his
prominent positioning in the London Olympic Games' Opening
Ceremony, Closing Ceremony and Paralympic Opening Ceremony (which
reached global audiences of an estimated one billion), to his major
presence in the official cultural programme surrounding the Olympic
Games (including the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare
Festival, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's 'Globe to Globe' Festival
and the BBC's Shakespeare Unlocked Season), Shakespeare played a
significant role in the way the UK presented itself both to its own
citizens and to the world. This collection examines the different
cultural forces at play in the construction, use and reception of
Shakespeare during the 2012 'Olympic Moment', exploring what his
surprisingly persistent presence in the UK's Olympic festivities
says about the relationship between culture, politics and identity
in twenty-first-century British and global life.Through a series of
chapters that cut across major Shakespearean events staged and
broadcast during this unique year, the collection offers a
comprehensive analysis of Shakespeare's positioning as both a
symbol of British cultural achievement and a powerful form of
cultural currency in an increasingly globalized world. Each chapter
in the collection takes a single-word concept as its starting point
(e.g. Celebration, Multiculturalism, Nation), developing it
critically through an analysis of a cluster of key Shakespearean
performances and events. These key terms serve as indications of
the overarching theoretical interests of the collection while also
allowing writers scope to discuss the most pertinent and culturally
complex case studies in detail.
A Year of Shakespeare gives a uniquely expert and exciting overview
of the largest Shakespeare celebration the world has ever known:
the World Shakespeare Festival 2012. This is the only book to
describe and analyse each of the Festival's 73 productions in
well-informed,lively reviews by eminent and up-and-coming scholars
and critics from the UK and around the world. A rich resource of
critical interest to all students, scholars and lovers of
Shakespeare, the book also captures the excitement of this
extraordinary event. A Year of Shakespeare provides: * a
ground-breaking collection of Shakespearean reviews, covering all
of the Festival's productions; * a dynamic visual record through a
wide range of production photographs; * incisive analysis of the
Festival's significance in the wider context of the Cultural
Olympiad 2012. All the world really is a stage, and it's time for
curtain-up...
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