The Henry VI Plays - Brossura

Hampton-Reeves, Stuart; Chillington Rutter, Carol

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0719080932 ISBN 13: 9780719080937

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare’s earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III).

Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare’s troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire

Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick


Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire. Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire

Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick

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The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare s earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III). Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare s troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0719080932
• ISBN 13: 9780719080937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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