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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; Englisch; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan C Dessen |
ISBN: | 0521259126 9780521259125 0521311616 9780521311618 |
OCLC Number: | 10146010 |
Description: | xi, 190 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- Note on texts and old spelling -- The arrow in Nessus: Elizabethan clues and modern detectives -- Interpreting stage directions -- The logic of this on the open stage -- Elizabethan darkness and modern lighting -- The logic of place and locale -- The logic of stage violence -- Theatrical metaphor: seeing and not-seeing -- Conclusion: Elizabethan playscripts and modern interpreters -- Notes -- List of plays and editions -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Alan C. Dessen. |
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Abstract:
Alan Dessen reconstructs the stage in the Elizabethan era. He believes from stage properties, movements and configurations implicit in recurrent phrases and stage directions, a kind of theatrical shorthand was developed by actors from the playwright. He draws attention to the implications of his findings for modern interpreters, critics, teachers, editors, actors and directors.
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'The work makes a useful contribution to both theatre history and dramatic criticism ... Dessen's kind of analysis offers an escape from the straitjacket of character criticism in particular for it will encourage the study of scenic form and thereby make students aware of all that is not 'personality'.' The Times Higher Education Supplement ' ... presented with vigorous clarity, his experience of modern productions demonstrates his concern with the continuing stage life of the plays he discusses.' The Times Literary Supplement Read more...
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by alisaundre updated 2009-11-28