Twelfth Night - Brossura

Shakespeare, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521532205 ISBN 13: 9780521532204

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers: some have found class war; some have seen Malvolio as a tragic hero; some have found a passive Viola and others have found an action woman. Whether a production's emphasis is on gender bending, festivity, or trying to reinvent Shakespeare as Chekhov, the sheer variety of Twelfth Nights on offer over the centuries attests to the play's power as a stimulus to theatrical creativity. The dazzling range of the Twelfth Nights considered here includes the productively wayward as well as the conventionally respectable, productions which play to the contemporary market as well as those that seek to flout tradition. This indispensable stage history covers changing fashions in the fortunes of Twelfth Night, and includes a survey of a wide variety of theatrical interpretations of the play in the English-speaking world.

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Descrizione del libro:

For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers. Surveying a dazzling range of Twelfth Night productions – including many significant productions which have not received due critical attention previously – Schafer provides the reader with an indispensable stage history of this popular play, from its first performance to today.

L'autore:

Elizabeth Schafer is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521532205
• ISBN 13: 9780521532204
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 302