Short History of Shakespeare in Performance - From the Restoration to the Twenty-First Century

This short history of Shakespeare in global performance-from the re-opening of London theatres upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to our present multicultural day-provides a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare's theatrical afterlife and introduces categories of analysis and understanding to make that afterlife intellectually meaningful.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Shakespeare in the Restoration; 3. 'Old Shakespeare's Ghost'; 4. Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century; 5. Shakespeare the Victorian; 6. Modern Shakespeare; 7. Shakespeare's Voices, Shakespeare's Spaces; 8. Global Shakespeare.

Summary

This short history of Shakespeare in global performance-from the re-opening of London theatres upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to our present multicultural day-provides a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare's theatrical afterlife and introduces categories of analysis and understanding to make that afterlife intellectually meaningful.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Schoch, Richard (Queen's University Belfast) Schoch, Richard (Queen''s University Belfast) Schoch, Schoch Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108714440
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71444-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Shakespeare Perfor; Elements in Shakespeare Performance
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Shakespeare; theatre; performance; drama