Shylock on the Stage

Shylock on the Stage
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781317638742
ISBN-13 : 1317638743
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Shylock on the Stage by : Toby Lelyveld

Originally published in 1961, this book is a study of the ways actors since the time of Shakespeare have portrayed the character of Shylock. A pioneering work in the study of performance history as well as in the portrayal of Jews in English literature. Specifically it studies Charles Macklin, Edmund Kean, Edwin Booth, Henry Irving and more recent performers.

Shylock on the Stage

Shylock on the Stage
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015054079937
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Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Shylock on the Stage by : Toby Bookholtz Lelyveld

"Throughout 365 years The Merchant of Venice has attracted leading actors for a role which, with the exception of Hamlet, is Shakespeare's most controversial character. This study of the many interpretations of Shylock by leading actors of the British and American theatre, from Shakespeare's time to the present. Drawing on prompt-books, memoirs of players, records of theatre managers, diaries of spectators and the evaluations of drama critics, Dr. Lelyveld presents Shylock in all his forms from the earliest portrayals as a stage-villain and the commonly-accepted stereotype of a Jew to the varied, highly individualized characterizations on the contemporary stage." -Publisher.

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 108
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ISBN-10 : UCLA:31158000128339
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Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Merchant of Venice by : William Shakespeare

Wrestling with Shylock

Wrestling with Shylock
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9781107010277
ISBN-13 : 1107010276
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Wrestling with Shylock by : Edna Nahshon

This book explores responses to The Merchant of Venice by Jewish writers, critics, theater artists, thinkers, religious leaders and institutions.

Shylock

Shylock
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Total Pages : 44
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ISBN-10 : 1895636124
ISBN-13 : 9781895636123
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Shylock by : Mark Leiren-Young

"Shylock" is an award-winning play about a Jewish actor who finds himself condemned by his own community for his portrayal of Shakespeare's notorious Jew.

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HN6PPH
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Rating : 4/5 (PH Downloads)

Synopsis The Merchant of Venice by : William Shakespeare

Shakespeare on Stage

Shakespeare on Stage
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Publisher : Nick Hern Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1848420773
ISBN-13 : 9781848420779
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare on Stage by : Julian Curry

Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. * Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production * Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet * Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare's least sympathetic hero Coriolanus * Rebecca Hall on Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by her father, Sir Peter * Derek Jacobi on his hilariously poker-backed Malvolio for Michael Grandage * Jude Law on his Hamlet, a palpable hit in the West End and on Broadway * Adrian Lester on a modern-dress Henry V at the National, during the invasion of Iraq * Ian McKellen on his Macbeth, opposite Judi Dench in Trevor Nunn's RSC production * Helen Mirren on a role she was born for, and has played three times: Cleopatra * Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes in Peter Hall's Restoration Winter's Tale at the National * Kevin Spacey on his high-tech, modern-dress Richard II * Patrick Stewart on Prospero in Rupert Goold's arctic Tempest for the RSC * Penelope Wilton on Isabella in Jonathan Miller's 'chamber' Measure for Measure The actors discuss their characters, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing each role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. Together, the interviews give one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of these characters in performance, and of the choices that these great actors have made in bringing them thrillingly to life. 'These passages of times remembered contribute vividly to the sense of a teemingly creative period when Shakespeare seemed to have been rediscovered.' Trevor Nunn, from his Foreword

Shylock

Shylock
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 404
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780671883867
ISBN-13 : 0671883860
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Shylock by : John Gross

Shylock, the cunning moneylender in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, is one of the great familiar figures of the world of drama. He is also one of the most controversial characters ever conceived. Photos.

The Jew of Malta

The Jew of Malta
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Publisher : Broadview Press
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9781770483033
ISBN-13 : 1770483039
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Jew of Malta by : Christopher Marlowe

First performed by Shakespeare’s rivals in the 1590s, Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta was a trend-setting, innovative play whose black comedy and final tragic irony illuminate the darker regions of the Elizabethan cultural imagination. Although Jews were banished from England in 1291, the Jew in the form of Barabas, the play’s protagonist, returns on the stage to embody and to challenge the dramatic and cultural anti-Semitic stereotypes out of which he is constructed. The result is a theatrically sophisticated but deeply unsettling play whose rich cultural significance extends beyond the early modern period to the present day. The introduction and historical documents in this edition provide a rich context for the world of the play’s composition and production, including materials on Jewishness and anti-Semitism, the political struggles over Malta, and Christopher Marlowe’s personal and political reputation.

Shylock Is Shakespeare

Shylock Is Shakespeare
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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9781459606210
ISBN-13 : 1459606213
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Shylock Is Shakespeare by : Kenneth Gross

Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in The Merchant of Venice who famously demands a pound of flesh as security for a loan to his antisemitic tormentors, is one of Shakespeare's most complex and idiosyncratic characters. With his unsettling eloquence and his varying voices of protest, play, rage, and refusal, Shylock remains a source of perennial fa...