Shakespeare the Actor and the Purposes of Playing

Summary

Meredith Anne Skura asks what it meant to be an actor in Shakespeare's England and shows why a knowledge of actual theatrical practices is essential for understanding both Shakespeare's plays and the theatricality of everyday life in early modern England.

Product details

• Authors: Meredith Anne Skura, Skura Meredith Anne
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780226761800
• ISBN: 978-0-226-76180-0
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; England, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Acting techniques, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean