Shakespeare inside : the Bard behind bars /
Shakespeare Inside goes behind the scenes to reveal Shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time - in prisons. Based upon the author's experience of watching prison yard rehearsals and performances, and interviewing inmates, program directors, and wardens, Shakespe...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2007.
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Colección: | Shakespeare now!
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Shakespeare Inside goes behind the scenes to reveal Shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time - in prisons. Based upon the author's experience of watching prison yard rehearsals and performances, and interviewing inmates, program directors, and wardens, Shakespeare Inside is not an objective, dispassionate account of how Shakespeare is bastardized by repressive institutions but offers a record of fiercely personal experiences. We hear ex-offender Mike Smith detail how playing Desdemona was vital to his rehabilitation; we sit in the audience of women inmates as. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 144 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441127273 1441127275 9781472555304 1472555309 9781441194800 1441194800 9781283122535 1283122537 9786613122537 661312253X |