The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on StageStanley Wells, Sarah Stanton Cambridge University Press, 2002 M05 30 - 322 pages This Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of Shakespeare's plays, both in and beyond Britain. The first six chapters describe aspects of the British performing tradition in chronological sequence, from the early staging of Shakespeare's own time, through to the present day. Each relates Shakespearean developments to broader cultural concerns and adopts an individual approach and focus, on textual adaptation, acting, stages, scenery or theatre management. These are followed by three explorations of acting: tragic and comic actors and women performers of Shakespeare roles. A section on international performance includes chapters on interculturalism, on touring companies and on political theatre, with separate accounts of the performing traditions of North America, Asia and Africa. Over forty pictures illustrate performers and productions of Shakespeare from around the world. An amalgamated list of items for further reading completes the book. |
Contents
Shakespeare plays on Renaissance stages | 1 |
Improving Shakespeare from the Restoration to Garrick | 21 |
Romantic Shakespeare | 37 |
Pictorial Shakespeare | 58 |
Reconstructive Shakespeare reproducing Elizabethan and Jacobean stages | 76 |
Twentiethcentury performance the Stratford and London companies | 98 |
The tragic actor and Shakespeare | 118 |
The comic actor and Shakespeare | 137 |
International Shakespeare | 174 |
Touring Shakespeare | 194 |
Shakespeare on the political stage in the twentieth century | 212 |
Shakespeare in North America | 230 |
Shakespeare on the stages of Asia | 259 |
Shakespeare and Africa | 284 |
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