This text traces the changing theatrical and cultural identity of the History plays in the context of postwar social and political conflict. RSC's commitment to relevance has fostered close relationships between Shakespearean criticism and performance, and between the theatre and its audiences. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314. . 1994. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745015603
ISBN 13: 9780745015606
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This text traces the changing theatrical and cultural identity of the History plays in the context of postwar social and political conflict, crisis and change. Since the company's inception in the early 1960s, the RSC's commitment to relevance has fostered close relationships between Shakespearean criticism and performance, and between the theatre and its audiences. Through a detailed discussion of key productions, from "The War of the Roses" in 1963 to "The Plantegenets" in 1988, Robert Shaughnessy emphasizes the political dimension of contemporary theatrical representations of Shakespeare, and of the "Shakespearean" modes of history that these plays have been employed to promote; individualist, cyclical, male-dominated, and driven by essentialised, transcendent human nature.

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Robert Shaughnessy is Professor of Theatre at the University of Kent, UK.

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