Rescripting Shakespeare: The Text, the Director, and Modern Productions - Rilegato

Dessen, Alan C.

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ISBN 10: 0521810299 ISBN 13: 9780521810296

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Riassunto

Building on almost 300 productions from the last 25 years, this 2002 book focuses on the playtexts used when directors stage Shakespeare's plays: the words spoken, the scenes omitted or transposed, and the many other adjustments that must be made. Directors rescript to streamline the playscript and save running time, to eliminate obscurity, conserve on personnel, and occasionally cancel out passages that might not fit their 'concept'. They rewright when they make more extensive changes, moving closer to the role of playwrights, as when the three parts of Henry VI are compressed into two plays. Alan Dessen analyzes what such choices might exclude or preclude, and explains the exigencies faced by actors and directors in placing before today's audiences words targeted at players, playgoers, and playhouses that no longer exist. The results are of interest and importance as much to theatrical professionals as to theatre historians and students.

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Recensione:

'Massively detailed in its range of observation and points of detail, this book makes an important contribution to what is perhaps the most fascinating, if emergent, field in contemporary Shakespeare scholarship, namely, adaptation studies.' Journal of Theatre Research International

'Alan C. Dessen's meticulous and accurate methods in analysing the concreteness of Shakespearean stagecraft need no further praise or demonstration. His latest opus offers a successful fusion of academic analytic capacities and an understanding of directors' aspirations and obligations.' Cahiers Elisabethains

'Rescripting Shakespeare is an informative guide for theatregoers ...'. The Journal of the English Association

Descrizione del libro:

Building on almost 300 productions from the last 25 years, this 2002 book focuses on the playtexts used when directors stage Shakespeare's plays and looks at the price of a director's rescripting or rewriting. The results are of interest to theatrical professionals as well as theatre historians.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521810299
• ISBN 13: 9780521810296
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 282