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| Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Holland |
| ISBN: | 0521564050 9780521564052 052156476X 9780521564762 |
| OCLC Number: | 36407734 |
| Description: | xv, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Measuring performance -- 198901990: the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre -- 198901990: popular Shakespeare and the Swan Theatre -- 1991: a new taxonomy -- 1992: productions and spaces, large and small -- 1992-1993: London and Stratford -- 1993-1994: the problems of history -- 1994-1995: two by two -- Festivals and foreigners. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Holland. |
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Abstract:
"As a regular reviewer for Shakespeare Survey and the BBC, Holland has examined the variety, the strengths and the problems of English productions. His introductory chapter points to themes which are taken up in the detailed accounts that follow: the size and scale of different theatres, the difficulties of over-familiarity, the power of director's theatre, the possibilities of design, the excitement of new actors, the discoveries of regionalism and the variety of playing spaces in which Shakespeare is performed. The main part of the book is a chronological account of productions which charts the work of several English companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, Northern Broadsides and the English Shakespeare Company.
A final chapter compares the English experience with productions elsewhere, including America, France, Germany and Russia."--BOOK JACKET.
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