Shakespeare's Women: A Playscript for Performance and Analysis

Appel, Libby

ISBN 10: 0809312417 / ISBN 13: 9780809312412

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shakespeare's Women: A Playscript for Performance and Analysis
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809312417
• ISBN 13: 9780809312412
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Serves both as a script for performance and as a text for high school and college theater and English classes.

This self-contained script brings together different scenes from Shake­speare’s plays to portray women “in all their infinite variety.” Two narrators, a man and a woman, introduce and com­ment on these scenes, weaving together the different characters and situations.

This book combines literary and theat­rical techniques in examining Shake­speare’s women. Its promptbook format provides clear, helpful stage directions on pages facing each of the scenes. Also help­ful are concise glosses and footnotes to define difficult words and phrases plus a commentary to explain each scene in its dramatic context.

Other features include sheet music for each song in the play, a bibliography on the topic of women in Shakespeare’s plays, and suggestions for directors who wish to stage the play.

About the Author

Libby Appel is Dean and Artistic Di­rector of the School of Theater at Califor­nia Institute of Arts.

Michael Flachmann is Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield.