Orson Welles on Shakespeare - The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.P.A Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre adaptations, including the "Voodoo" Macbeth, the modern-dress Julius Caesar and Welles' compilation of history plays, Five Kings.

List of contents

List of Illustrations Editor's Note Acknowledgments Introduction Macbeth *Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Act One * act Two * Act Three * Notes to Macbeth Julius Caesar * Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Playscript * Notes to Julius Caesar Five Kings * Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Act One * Act Two * Act Three * Notes to Five Kings Selected Bibliographhy

About the author

Richard France is a playwright, teacher, actor, and authority on Orson Welles. He is the author of TheTheatre of Orson Welles, which was the recipient of the Choice Outstanding Book Award in 1978. He is also the winner of the 1982 Silver PEN award. Currently, France teaches at the City University of New York.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard France (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2001
• EAN: 9780415937269
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93726-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 446 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, DRAMA / Shakespeare, PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, Television scripts & screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Film scripts and screenplays, Television screenplays, scripts and performances, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean