Shakespeare's Lovers: A Text for Performance and Analysis - Softcover

Appel, Libby; Flachmann PhD, Professor Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809310724 ISBN 13: 9780809310722

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Performed successfully during the California Shakespearean Festival in Visalia, this play― woven from Shakespearean scenes, songs, and sonnets―presents “Shakespeare’s uni­versal, enduring, fully human values about love” in a “rich Shakespearean tapestry of romance,” state the authors, Libby Appel and Michael Flachmann.

The play is organized into two acts con­taining four dramatic sections “Discovering Love,” “Seeking Advice about Love,” “Hav­ing Problems with Love,” and “Finding Solu­tions to Love’s Problems.” To the right of each page of text is a clear, understandable glossary defining difficult words; at the bot­tom of these pages occasional longer notes explicate obscure or difficult references; each facing left-hand page contains stage di­rections. This creates a theatrical prompt-book format, leaving plenty of blank space for recording notes, ideas, and stage directions.

About this title

About the Author

Libby Appel is Dean of the School of The­atre at the California Institute of the Arts and is author of Mask Characterization: An Acting Process.

Mi­chael Flachmann, Professor of English, Cal­ifornia State College, Bakersfield, specializes in Shakespearean drama and Renaissance studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809310724
• ISBN 13: 9780809310722
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160