Author: Peter Andrew Sturrock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984261413
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
AKA Shakespeare
Author: Peter Andrew Sturrock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984261413
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984261413
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Contested Will
Author: James Shapiro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416541632
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416541632
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.
Shakespeare and Popular Music
Author: Adam Hansen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441134255
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Exploring the interactions between Shakespeare and popular music, this book links these seeming polar opposites, showing how musicians have woven the Bard into their sounds.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441134255
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Exploring the interactions between Shakespeare and popular music, this book links these seeming polar opposites, showing how musicians have woven the Bard into their sounds.
Staging Shakespeare
Author: Brian Kulick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350201057
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now ... what do you do? I mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you prepare for such an equally wonderful and daunting task? This is the central question of this book. It grows out of decades of preparing for Shakespeare productions and watching others do the same. It will save you some of the panic, wasted time, and fruitless paths experienced. It guides you through the crucial period of preparation and helps focus on such issues as: · What Shakespeare's life, work, and world can tell us · What patterns to look for in the text · What techniques might help unpack Shakespeare's verse · What approaches might unlock certain hidden meanings · What literary lenses might bring things into sharper focus · What secondary sources might lead to a broader contextual understanding · What thought experiments might aid in visualizing the play Ultimately, this book draws back the curtain and shows how the antique machinery of Shakespeare's theatre works. The imaginative time span begins from the moment you learn that on such and such date you will begin rehearsing such and such Shakespeare play. Our narrative clock starts ticking the moment you put down the phone and stops when you arrive at the rehearsal hall and begin your first table read. So much of what will be the success or failure of a director's project rests on this work that is done before rehearsals even begin.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350201057
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now ... what do you do? I mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you prepare for such an equally wonderful and daunting task? This is the central question of this book. It grows out of decades of preparing for Shakespeare productions and watching others do the same. It will save you some of the panic, wasted time, and fruitless paths experienced. It guides you through the crucial period of preparation and helps focus on such issues as: · What Shakespeare's life, work, and world can tell us · What patterns to look for in the text · What techniques might help unpack Shakespeare's verse · What approaches might unlock certain hidden meanings · What literary lenses might bring things into sharper focus · What secondary sources might lead to a broader contextual understanding · What thought experiments might aid in visualizing the play Ultimately, this book draws back the curtain and shows how the antique machinery of Shakespeare's theatre works. The imaginative time span begins from the moment you learn that on such and such date you will begin rehearsing such and such Shakespeare play. Our narrative clock starts ticking the moment you put down the phone and stops when you arrive at the rehearsal hall and begin your first table read. So much of what will be the success or failure of a director's project rests on this work that is done before rehearsals even begin.
Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
Author: Mark Thornton Burnett
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748649344
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748649344
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present.
Shakespeare's Dark Lady
Author: John Hudson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445621665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445621665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare Survey: Volume 64, Shakespeare as Cultural Catalyst
Author: Peter Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316139492
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, the Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies and of the year's major British performances. The theme for volume 64 is 'Shakespeare as Cultural Catalyst'. The complete set of Survey volumes is also available online at http://www.cambridge.org/online/shakespearesurvey. This fully searchable resource enables users to browse by author, essay and volume, search by play, theme and topic, and save and bookmark their results.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316139492
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, the Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies and of the year's major British performances. The theme for volume 64 is 'Shakespeare as Cultural Catalyst'. The complete set of Survey volumes is also available online at http://www.cambridge.org/online/shakespearesurvey. This fully searchable resource enables users to browse by author, essay and volume, search by play, theme and topic, and save and bookmark their results.
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Anniversary Edition)
Author: Stephen Greenblatt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079848
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world’s greatest playwright.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079848
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world’s greatest playwright.
Truth About William Shakespeare
Author: David Ellis
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748653880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748653880
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information
Jason and the Argonauts
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica" by David Bruce is a captivating reinterpretation of the ancient Greek myth of Jason and his legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. Drawing from the original epic poem by Apollonius of Rhodes, Bruce masterfully retells the tale, bringing to life the heroic exploits of Jason and his band of Argonauts as they embark on a perilous journey across the seas. Through vivid prose and rich descriptions, Bruce immerses readers in the world of Greek mythology, weaving together elements of adventure, romance, and divine intervention. From encounters with mythical creatures to dramatic confrontations with gods and goddesses, the retelling captures the epic scale and timeless appeal of the ancient legend. "Jason and the Argonauts" is a thrilling adventure that transports readers to a world of heroism and wonder, inviting them to rediscover the timeless allure of one of antiquity's greatest tales.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica" by David Bruce is a captivating reinterpretation of the ancient Greek myth of Jason and his legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. Drawing from the original epic poem by Apollonius of Rhodes, Bruce masterfully retells the tale, bringing to life the heroic exploits of Jason and his band of Argonauts as they embark on a perilous journey across the seas. Through vivid prose and rich descriptions, Bruce immerses readers in the world of Greek mythology, weaving together elements of adventure, romance, and divine intervention. From encounters with mythical creatures to dramatic confrontations with gods and goddesses, the retelling captures the epic scale and timeless appeal of the ancient legend. "Jason and the Argonauts" is a thrilling adventure that transports readers to a world of heroism and wonder, inviting them to rediscover the timeless allure of one of antiquity's greatest tales.