The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052179711X ISBN 13: 9780521797115

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of the plays and to accompany the increasing number of courses devoted to the history of Shakespeare in performance. It addresses both British and international performance, from subjects such as British performing tradition, and Shakespearean developments to broader cultural concerns, tragic and comic acting, women performers of Shakespeare, and touring companies, among others.

About this title

Book Description:

This Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of the plays and to accompany the increasing number of courses devoted to the history of Shakespeare in performance. It complements other volumes in the series, especially the Companion to Shakespeare and the Companion to Shakespeare on Film (ed. Jackson). It addresses both British and international performance, on subjects such as British performing tradition, Shakespearean developments to broader cultural concerns, tragic and comic acting, women performers of Shakespeare, and touring companies, among others.

About the Author:

Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies (1986), coeditor, with Margreta de Grazia, of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare (2001), co-author of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion (1987) and author of Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life (1995).

Sarah Stanton is Publishing Director and Senior Commissioning Editor at Cambridge University Press, in charge of the Shakespeare studies list. She has served as coeditor of Banham and Stanton, The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre (Cambridge, 1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 052179711X
• ISBN 13: 9780521797115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Wells Stanley, Stanton Sarah