The Shakespeare Effect: A History of Twentieth-Century Performance

Author:   R. Shaughnessy
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780333779378


Pages:   221
Publication Date:   07 June 2002
Format:   Hardback
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The Shakespeare Effect: A History of Twentieth-Century Performance


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This lively and provocative study offers a radical reappraisal of a century of Shakespearean theatre. Topics addressed include modernist Shakespearean performance's relation with psychoanalysis, the hidden gender dynamics of the open stage movement, and the appropriation of Shakespeare himself as a dramatic fiction and theatrical icon.

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Author:   R. Shaughnessy
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780333779378


ISBN 10:   0333779371
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   07 June 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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'...makes a significant contribution to the literature on the difficult task of theorizing Shakespeare on stage.' - J.Schlueter, Choice


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ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Reader in Drama at the University of Surrey, Roehampton. He has published widely in the fields of Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and contemporary theatre; his books include Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC, Shakespeare on Film, and Shakespeare in Performance.

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