Shylock on the Stage

Shylock on the Stage PDF Author: Toby Lelyveld
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317638735
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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Book Description
Originally published in 1961, this book is a study of the ways actors since the time of Shakespeare have portrayed the character of Shylock. A pioneering work in the study of performance history as well as in the portrayal of Jews in English literature. Specifically it studies Charles Macklin, Edmund Kean, Edwin Booth, Henry Irving and more recent performers.