Shakespeare and the Staging of English History

Zusatztext a book eminently suitable for students of performance studies as applied to the early modern theatre. ... This book is a welcome addition to the fascinating topic-led series of books on various important Shakespearean themes published by Oxford University Press. Informationen zum Autor Janette Dillon is Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham and author of The Language of Space in Court Performance, 1400-1625 (CUP, 2010), The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Tragedies (CUP, 2007), The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre (CUP, 2006) and numerous other books and articles on medieval and early modern theatre Klappentext This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays. Zusammenfassung This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays.

Summary

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays.

Product details

• Authors: Janette Dillon, Janette (Professor of Drama At the Univers Dillon, Janette (Professor of Drama at the University of Nottingham) Dillon, Dillon Janette
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199593156
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959315-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics; Oxford Shakespeare Topics; Oxford Shakespeare Topics (Pap
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, English, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean