Richard III - Shakespeare Handbooks series

Informationen zum Autor PAUL PRESCOTT is the Capital Centre Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick and has acted, directed and taught Shakespeare in Britain, America and Japan. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Survey, the Blackwell Companion to Shakespeare and Performance, and the revised Penguin Shakespeare series; he is currently working on Shakespeare and the Director (Oxford Shakespeare Topics, with Dennis Kennedy). Klappentext This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare's most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare's words. Chapters on stage, film and critical history combine to form a comprehensive study. Zusammenfassung This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare's most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare's words. Chapters on stage! film and critical history combine to form a comprehensive study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface Preface The Text and Early Performances The Play's Sources and Cultural ContextCommentary Key Productions and Performances The Play on Screen Critical Assessment Further Reading Index.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Prescott
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9781403941442
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4144-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Shakespeare Handbooks; Shakespeare Handbooks (Paperba; Shakespeare Handbooks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, English literature;film;stage;theatre;William Shakespeare