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Literature and drama : with special reference to Shakespeare and his contemporaries /

First published in 1970. This book examines the areas of plays that are dependent upon the art of the theatre and the fluidity of interpretation to which this gives rise. It discusses the printing of plays and the limited attempts that have have been made to convey theatrical experience, taking as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Stanley, 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, [2005, 1970]
Colección:Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Critical studies ; 35.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; General Editor's Introduction; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1 Plays as Blueprints for Performance; Drama in the Theatre and the Study; The Hazards of Performance; The Actor's Contribution; The Inventive Producer; The Nature of Theatrical Experience; 2 The Printing of Plays; Dramatists and their Interpreters; Limitations of the Printed Script; The First Printed Plays; For and Against Publication; Jonson's Revolutionary Stand; The Shakespeare Folio; Modern Editors, and George Bernard Shaw.
  • 3 The Intent and the EventCharacteristics of the Masque; Masques on the Printed Page; The Script of Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue; Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue in Performance; The Nature of the Masque; Script and Performance; 4 The Critical Problem; The Equipment of the Critic; Marlowe's Critics and The Jew of Malta; Some Untheatrical Readings; The Interaction of Criticism and Performance; Shakespeare's Special Quality; Bibliography.