Shakespearean Performance : New Studies

by Occhiogrosso, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780838641286
• ISBN10: 0838641288
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Associated Univ Pr

Summary

Shakespearean Performance: New Studies contains ten essays in Shakespearean performance scholarship, plus an introduction by the editor. They are papers presented at Drew University by some of the best Shakespearean scholars in the field: Andrew Gurr, Jean Howard, Arthur Kinney, Harry Keyishian, Russell Jackson, Corey Abate, Cary Mazer, Milla Riggio, Ralph Berry, and James Bulman. The essays cover such areas as the new Globe playhouse, the staging of certain plays, the film versions of several plays, cross-dressing, and the play-within-the-play, as well as other areas of interest to students of Shakespearean performance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction
Frank Occhiogrosso	p. 11
Missing the Moment in Measure for Measure	p. 19
Hamlet Then and Now: An Overview	p. 40
Film as Performance: Cinematized Shakespeare	p. 50
Filming Shakespeare's Comedies: Reflections on Love's Labour's Lost	p. 62
Bearding the Queen: Male Cross-Dressing at the New Globe	p. 74
Stage Masculinities, National History, and the Making of London Theatrical Culture	p. 92
Sam Wanamaker's Invention: Lessons from the New Globe	p. 110
The Play Within the Play Outside the Play	p. 129
Shakespeare's Bells	p. 147
Filming Shylock: Radford and Miller	p. 173
Contributors	p. 205
Index	p. 207
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