Staging Shakespeare's Late Plays

Staging Shakespeare's Late Plays
ISBN-10
0198128770
ISBN-13
9780198128779
Category
Social Science / Women's Studies
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Authors
Roger Warren, Senior Lecturer in English Roger Warren

Description

The work of an acclaimed critic and director, this book breaks new ground by describing how the rehearsal process highlights the principal theatrical issues of Shakespeare's late plays: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Drawing on his extensive experience with the rehearsal and performance at Stratford, Ontario in 1986, and at the National Theatre in 1988, Warren demonstrates how rehearsal creates extreme contrasts of mood and action, places intense personal crises in a wider political framework, and inspires spiritual journeys in the actors. Addressing many aspects of production--acting, direction, design, lighting, music, and audience response--this work will be important to all those involved with Shakespearean drama and its performance.

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