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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott-Douglass, Amy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007.
Colección:Shakespeare now!
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
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