Shakespeare in Performance (New Casebooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312233124 ISBN 13: 9780312233129

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

This collection stages the debates between theory and practice that have transformed our understanding of Shakespeare in performance in recent years. Drawing upon textual theory, materialist cultural criticism, new historicism, feminism, postcolonialism, and psychoanalysis, the essays address Shakespeare's plays as texts in and for performance in a variety of contexts, ranging from the Renaissance to the present. The collection not only offers readers new ways of thinking about Shakespeare in the theatre, but also highlights the practical and theoretical potential of performance itself as a means of redefining Shakespeare in contemporary culture.

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About the Author

Robert Shaughnessy is Principal Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312233124
• ISBN 13: 9780312233129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Shaughnessy Robert, Bristol Michael D.