Rescripting Shakespeare : the text, the director, and modern productions /

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"Building on almost 300 productions from the last twenty-five years, Alan Dessen focuses on the playtexts used when directors stage Shakespeare's plays: the actual words spoken, the scenes or segments omitted or transposed, and the many other adjustments that must be made - as with referen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dessen, Alan C., 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1950-
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Histoire scénique > 1950-
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Mise en scène.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Critique textuelle.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Since 1900
Theater > Production and direction > History > 20th century.
Théâtre > Production et mise en scène > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Theater
Theater > Production and direction
Bearbeitung
Aufführung
Drama
Toneelvoorstellingen.
Bewerkingen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Let it be hid": price tags, trade-offs, and economies
  • Rescripting Shakespeare's contemporaries
  • Adjustments and improvements
  • Inserting an intermission/interval
  • What's in an ending? : rescripting final scenes
  • Rescripting stage directions and actions
  • Compressing Henry VI
  • The tamings of the shrews : rescripting the First Folio
  • The editor as rescripter
  • Conclusion : what's not here.

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