Reimagining Shakespeare's playhouse : early modern staging conventions in the twentieth century /

Numerous attempts have been made in the modern and postmodern era to recreate the staging conventions of Shakespeare's theatre, from William Poel to the founders of the New Globe. This volume examines the work of these directors, analyzing their practical successes and failures; it also engages...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Falocco, Joe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, [2010]
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production > History > 20th century.
Poel, William, > 1852-1934 > Criticism and interpretation.
Granville-Barker, Harley, > 1877-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
Monck, Walter Nugent Bligh, > 1878-1958 > Criticism and interpretation.
Guthrie, Tyrone, > 1900-1971 > Criticism and interpretation.
Granville-Barker, Harley, > 1877-1946.
Guthrie, Tyrone, > 1900-1971.
Monck, Walter Nugent Bligh, > 1878-1958.
Poel, William, > 1852-1934.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
Globe Theatre (London, England) > History.
1900-1999
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Direction & Production.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > African.
Theater.
Drama
Theater
Rezeption
Inszenierung
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • William Poel. Refuting the conventional wisdom ; Poel versus the theatrical status quo ; Elizabethan history and contemporary politics ; Peter Keegan
  • Harley Granville Barker. Biographical context ; Barker's Shakespeare productions ; Barker and literature
  • Nugent Monck. Early work ; Architecture, design, and staging practices at The Maddermarket ; Populism and ideology ; The legacies of Monck and Barker
  • Tyrone Guthrie. Before Elsinore ; The Elsinore Hamlet ; The Edinburgh Festival ; The founding of the Stratford Festival ; Guthrie's Stratford productions
  • The new Globe. The quest for authenticity ; Earl's Court and the Chicago World's Fair ; Building Wanamaker's Globe ; Theatrical production at the new Globe.

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