Shakespeare's Culture in Modern Performance

by M. Jones

Overview

Shakespeare's Culture in Modern Performance is an original study at the interface of a historicizing literary criticism and the study of modern performance. In a critical climate that views the cultural object of performance as authentic in itself, is there any point in exploring a script's original history? The writer argues for a dialogic understanding of Shakespeare's plays in performance relative to unresolved issues of modernity, in a study of modern productions on stage and screen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333971697
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/23/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Maria Jones is a Senior Lecturer in English, University of Wolverhampton.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Performing Shakespeare's Culture PART I: WORD Producing Consent in The Taming of the Shrew Defining the Alien in The Merchant of Venice PART II: PROP Ophelia's Flowers Richard's Crown Conclusion: Prop and Word Notes Filmography Theatre Company Credits Index