Shakespeare And The Royal Actor
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Author |
: Sally Barnden |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2024-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198894971 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019889497X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shakespeare and the Royal Actor by : Sally Barnden
Explores the extent to which members of the royal family have appropriated the creative legacy of Shakespeare, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, in order to shore up royal and national ideologies and to assert the legitimacy of the monarchy.
Author |
: John Kani |
Publisher |
: Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 90 |
Release |
: 2021-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781776191338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1776191331 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kunene and the King by : John Kani
'What lies beneath the apparent simplicity of Kunene and the King is a lot of moral, political and existential depth. This is testimony to the brilliance of John Kani.' – EUSEBIUS McKAISER South Africa, 2019. Twenty-five years since the first post-apartheid democratic elections. Jack Morris is a celebrated classical actor who has just been given a career-defining role and a life-changing diagnosis. Lunga Kunene is a retired senior male nurse from Soweto now working for private patients. Besides their age, they appear not to have much in common. But a shared passion for Shakespeare soon ignites a 'rich, raw and shattering head-to-head' (The Times) as the duet from contrasting walks of life unpack the racial, political and social complexities of modern South Africa. Kunene and the King is a vital play that combines the magnificence of classic Shakespearean comedy, tragedy and history to reflect on a new yet deeply wounded society.
Author |
: Sally Barnden |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2024-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198895022 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019889502X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shakespeare and the Royal Actor by : Sally Barnden
Shakespeare and the Royal Actor argues that members of the royal family have identified with Shakespearean figures at various times in modern history to assert the continuity, legitimacy, and national identity of the royal line. It provides an account of the relationship between the Shakespearean afterlife and the royal family through the lens of a broadly conceived theatre history suggesting that these two hegemonic institutions had a mutually sustaining relationship from the accession of George III in 1760 to that of Elizabeth II in 1952. Identifications with Shakespearean figures have been deployed to assert the Englishness of a dynasty with strong familial links to Germany and to cultivate a sense of continuity from the more autocratic Plantagenet, Tudor, and Stuart monarchs informing Shakespeare's drama to the increasingly ceremonial monarchs of the modern period. The book is driven by new archival research in the Royal Collection and Royal Archives. It reads these archives critically, asking how different forms of royal and Shakespearean performance are remembered in the material holdings of royal institutions.
Author |
: John Barton |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2010-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307773913 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307773914 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Playing Shakespeare by : John Barton
Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance in Shakespearean theater, from evoking irony and ambiguity and striking the delicate balance of passion and profound intellectual thought, to finding new approaches to playing Shakespeare’s most controversial creation, Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice. A practical and essential guide, Playing Shakespeare will stand for years as the authoritative favorite among actors, scholars, teachers, and students.
Author |
: Stanley Wells |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198703297 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198703295 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Great Shakespeare Actors by : Stanley Wells
Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage.
Author |
: Stanley Wells |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
Release |
: 2015-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191008344 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191008346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Great Shakespeare Actors by : Stanley Wells
Great Shakespeare Actors offers a series of essays on great Shakespeare actors from his time to ours, starting by asking whether Shakespeare himself was the first—the answer is No—and continuing with essays on the men and women who have given great stage performances in his plays from Elizabethan times to our own. They include both English and American performers such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Charlotte Cushman, Ira Aldridge, Edwin Booth, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, Edith Evans, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Janet Suzman, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, and Kenneth Branagh. Individual chapters tell the story of their subjects' careers, but together these overlapping tales combine to offer a succinct, actor-centred history of Shakespearian theatrical performance. Stanley Wells examines what it takes to be a great Shakespeare actor and then offers a concise sketch of each actor's career in Shakespeare, an assessment of their specific talents and claims to greatness, and an account, drawing on contemporary reviews, biographies, anecdotes, and, for some of the more recent actors, the author's personal memories of their most notable performances in Shakespeare roles.
Author |
: Paterson Joseph |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2018-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350011205 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350011207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Julius Caesar and Me by : Paterson Joseph
'Julius Caesar is, simply, Shakespeare's African play' John Kani In 2012, actor Paterson Joseph played the role of Brutus in the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Julius Caesar - Gregory Doran's last play before becoming Artistic Director for the RSC. It is a play, Joseph is quick to acknowledge, that is widely misunderstood - even dreaded - when it comes to study and performance. Alongside offering fascinating insights into Julius Caesar and Shakespeare's writing, Joseph serves up details of the rehearsal process; his key collaborations during an eclectic career; as well as his experience of working with a majority black cast. He considers the positioning of ethnic minority actors in Shakespeare productions in general, and female actors tackling so seemingly masculine a play in particular. Audience reactions are also investigated by Joseph, citing numerous conversations he has had with psychologists, counsellors and neurologists on the subject of what happens between performer and spectator. For Paterson Joseph, his experience of playing Brutus in Julius Caesar with the RSC was a defining point in his career, and a transformative experience. For any actor or practitioner working on Shakespeare - or for any reader interested in his plays - this is a fascinating and informative read, which unlocks so much about making and understanding theatre from the inside.
Author |
: Philip Brockbank |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 1988-07-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521368170 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521368179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Players of Shakespeare 1 by : Philip Brockbank
Twelve actors describe their preparation for and performance of a Shakespearean role with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The result is an account of the instability of the actor's art as well of his professional discipline.
Author |
: Antony Sher |
Publisher |
: Nick Hern Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2017-04-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1848425678 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781848425675 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Year of the Fat Knight by : Antony Sher
Now in paperback. The acclaimed account of researching and playing one of the greatest roles in English drama.
Author |
: Russell Jackson |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521477344 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521477345 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Players of Shakespeare 3 by : Russell Jackson
Thirteen actors describe the Shakespearean roles they played with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1987 and 1991. The anthology includes the Company's highly successful adaptation of the Henry VI plays retitled The Plantagenets.