Shakespeare''s Accents - Voicing Identity in Performance

A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.

List of contents

1. 'Accents yet unknown': the changing soundscape of Shakespeare in contemporary performance; 2. 'Lend me your Ears': experiments with original pronunciation; 3. David Garrick's 'sonic revolution': hegemony and protest, 1737-1843; 4. 'Usual speech' and 'barbarous dialects' on the early modern stage.

About the author

Sonia Massai is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at King's College London and has published widely on the history of the transmission of Shakespeare on the stage and on the page. Her publications include World-Wide Shakespeares: Local Appropriations in Film and Performance (2005), Shakespeare and the Rise of the Editor (Cambridge, 2007), collections of essays on Ivo van Hove: From Shakespeare to David Bowie (2018), Shakespeare and Textual Studies (Cambridge, 2015) and critical editions of John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2011) and The Paratexts in English Printed Drama to 1642 (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

Focusing on the vocal dimensions of Shakespearean performance, this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage, as well as theatre performance and voice studies students, and to theatre artists and funders interested in enhancing inclusion and diversity.

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Massai, Sonia (King's College London) Massai, Sonia (King''s College London) Massai, Massai Sonia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108429627
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42962-7
• No. of pages: 239
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean