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Actor as anti-character : Dionysus, the Devil, and the boy Rosalind
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Actor as anti-character : Dionysus, the Devil, and the boy Rosalind

Author: Lesley Wade Soule
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 93.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Working from the premise that the stage performer's primary functions derive from celebrative rituals, this book describes the figure of the actor as "anti-character" in premodern popular theatre. It  Read more...

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Named Person: William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lesley Wade Soule
ISBN: 0313313040 9780313313042
OCLC Number: 43060426
Description: x, 203 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Dionysus --
Dionysus Domesticated --
The Devil --
The Devil's Descendants --
The Boy Rosalind --
Epilogue: "Purged from barbarism" --
"A Rosalind to love".
Series Title: Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 93.
Responsibility: Lesley Wade Soule.

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"This is a refreshingly original book, one which invites the reader to look again at the relationship between dramatic 'characters' and the actors who play them. As Lesley Soule shows, the debate Read more...

 
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