Pursuing Shakespeare's Dramaturgy: Some Contexts, Resources, and Strategies in His PlaymakingFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2003 - 489 pages "It is especially concerned with what can be said about Shakespeare's intentions as he shaped his plays. There are, the book maintains, important but still inadequately appreciated dramatic designs built into the plays, and there are clever strategies that have gone unnoticed but may yet be discerned by the careful application of dramaturgical analysis." "The Shakespeare studied in this book is Shakespeare the playmaker, engaged in every step of the process from the first draft of the text to the performance before a live audience. This, the author contends, is the Shakespeare that is most essential, the Shakespeare who should be known as the foundation underlying any other treatment of the plays, and the Shakespeare most exciting and rewarding to pursue."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
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Divisions Locations and Accidentals | 43 |
Speech Headings and Stage Directions | 69 |
Shakespeares Stages as Limit and Opportunity | 100 |
Actors Styles and Playing Conditions | 150 |
Creating and Deploying a Shakespearean Cast | 181 |
Costumes | 223 |
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