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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Russell-BrownPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Red Globe Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9780230273740ISBN 10: 0230273742 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 14 July 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART I: STUDY Theatrical Study and Edition of the Plays Research in the Service of Theatre Writing about Plays in Performance PART II: WORDS AND ACTIONS The Nature of Speech in the Plays Acting in the Plays Unspoken Thoughts and Subtextual Meanings Using Space PART III: PRODUCTIONS Free Shakespeare Representing Sexuality Violence and Sensationalism PART IV: DIRECTORS Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet Three Kinds of Shakespeare PART V: AUDIENCES Playgoing and Participation Asian Theatres and European Shakespeares Conclusion: Anyone's Shakespeare Index.Reviews'John Russell Brown almost single-handedly created the discipline of Shakespeare performance studies, as well as being directly involved in production during an important period. This will be a very useful book for students of Shakespeare performance and criticism, as well as the history of that discipline.' - James Loehlin, Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin, USA John Russell Brown almost single-handedly created the discipline of Shakespeare performance studies, as well as being directly involved in production during an important period. This will be a very useful book for students of Shakespeare performance and criticism, as well as the history of that discipline. - James Loehlin, Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin, USA Author InformationJOHN RUSSELL BROWN is an Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London, and has held chairs of English and Theatre in both England and the USA. He has directed renaissance and contemporary plays in student and professional theatres: for twelve years he was an Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre. He is series editor for The Shakespeare Handbooks and Theatres of the World and has edited and contributed to the Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Among his previous publications are Shakespeare: The Tragedies, Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event and Shakespeare Dancing, all published by Palgrave Macmillan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |