Herny V - A Guide to the Text and Its Theatrical Life

Focusing on stage directions, implied stage action in the dialogue, and on production choices available at key moments, this Handbook treats the script like a rehearsal in progress and encourages the imagining of a physical narrative where the play''s meanings and our responses are shaped by staged actions.>

List of contents

General Editor's Preface
 Preface
 The Texts and Early Performances
 The Play's Sources and Cultural Context
 Commentary
 Key Productions and Performances
 The Play on Screen
 Critical Assessments
Further Reading
 Index.

About the author

Kevin Ewert is Professor of Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Ewert
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2006
• EAN: 9781403940773
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4077-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Shakespeare Handbooks; Shakespeare Handbooks (Paperba; Shakespeare Handbooks; Shakespeare Handbooks (Paperba
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern