Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres

Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres
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Publisher : Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0198711581
ISBN-13 : 9780198711582
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres by : Andrew Gurr

By bringing together evidence from different sources--documentary, archaeological, and the play-texts themselves--Staging Shakespeare's Theatres reconstructs the ways in which the plays were originally staged in the theaters of Shakespeare's own time, and shows how the physical possibilities and limitations of these theaters affected both the writing and the performances. The book explains the conditions under which the early playwrights and players worked, their preparation of the plays for the stage, and their rehearsal practices. It looks at the quality of evidence supplied by the surviving play-texts, and the extant to which audiences of the time differed from modern audiences; and it gives vivid examples of how Elizabethan actors made use of gestures, costumes, props, and the theater's specific design features. Stage movement is analyzed through a careful study of how exits and entrances worked on such stages. The final chapter offers a thorough examination of Hamlet as a text for performance, excitingly returning the play to its original staging at the Globe.

The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642

The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 559
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ISBN-10 : 9781316284162
ISBN-13 : 1316284166
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642 by : Andrew Gurr

For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative book that describes all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama in one volume: the acting companies and their practices, the playhouses, the staging and the audiences. Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition contains fresh materials about how specific plays by Shakespeare were first staged, and provides new information about the companies that staged them and their playhouses. The book incorporates everything that has been discovered in recent years about the early modern stage, including the archaeology of the Rose and the Globe. Also included is an invaluable appendix, listing all the plays known to have been performed at particular playhouses and by specific companies.

Shakespearean Stage Production

Shakespearean Stage Production
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781317652809
ISBN-13 : 1317652800
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespearean Stage Production by : Cécile de Banke

An absorbing and original addition to Shakespeareana, this handbook of production is for all lovers of Shakespeare whether producer, player, scholar or spectator. In four sections, Staging, Actors and Acting, Costume, Music and Dance, it traces Shakespearean production from Elizabethan times to the 1950s when the book was originally published. This book suggests that Shakespeare should be performed today on the type of stage for which his plays were written. It analyses the development of the Elizabethan stage, from crude inn-yard performances to the building and use of the famous Globe. Since the Globe saw the enactment of some of the Bard’s greatest dramas, its construction, properties, stage devices, and sound effects are reviewed in detail with suggestions on how a producer can create the same effects on a modern or reconstructed Elizabethan stage. Shakespeare’s plays were written to fit particular groups of actors. The book gives descriptions of the men who formed the acting companies of Elizabethan London and of the actors of Shakespeare’s own company, giving insights into the training and acting that Shakespeare advocated. With full descriptions and pages of reproductions, the costume section shows the types of dress necessary for each play, along with accessories and trimmings. A table of Elizabethan fabrics and colours is included. The final section explores the little-known and interesting story of the integral part of music and dance in Shakespeare’s works. Scene by scene the section discusses appropriate music or song for each play and supplies substitute ideas for Elizabethan instruments. Various dances are described – among them the pavan, gailliard, canary and courante. This book is an invaluable wealth of research, with extensive bibliographies and extra information.

Shakespeare's Theatre

Shakespeare's Theatre
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 590
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0826477763
ISBN-13 : 9780826477767
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare's Theatre by : Hugh Macrae Richmond

Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>

Staging Shakespearean Theatre

Staging Shakespearean Theatre
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 279
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781440320088
ISBN-13 : 144032008X
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Staging Shakespearean Theatre by : Elaine A. Novak

From auditions and rehearsals to publicity, this guide leads even inexperienced directors, producers, choreographers and actors through the complicated and sometimes fearsome task of staking Shakespeare. Comprehensive information is presented in a browsable format including historical background of the Elizabeth period, descriptions of major plays, a glossary of terms, suggestions for modern interpretations, step-by-step instruction for choreographing fight scenes, and a full treatment of Romeo & Juliet

The Shakespearean Stage Space

The Shakespearean Stage Space
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 237
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781107020351
ISBN-13 : 1107020352
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shakespearean Stage Space by : Mariko Ichikawa

The Shakespearean Stage Space explores the original staging of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries in Renaissance playhouses.

Shakespeare on Theatre

Shakespeare on Theatre
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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages : 216
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781623160333
ISBN-13 : 1623160332
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare on Theatre by : William Shakespeare

(Book). Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems. Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces including "All the world's a stage," Hamlet's encounters with the Players, and Bottom's amateur theatricals along with many other oblique but no less revealing glances, and further insights into theatre practice by Shakespeare's contemporaries and rivals. De Somogyi's commentary takes us through the entire process of Shakespeare's theatrical production, from its casting and auditions, via rehearsals, costumes, and props, to its premiere and audience reception. Shakespeare on Theatre eavesdrops on the urgently whispered noises-off in the "tiring-house" and inhales the heady aroma of the Globe's first audiences.

Shakespeare Performance Studies

Shakespeare Performance Studies
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781107055957
ISBN-13 : 1107055954
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare Performance Studies by : W. B. Worthen

This book looks at Shakespeare through performance, capturing the dialogue between performance, Shakespeare, and contemporary concerns in the humanities.

Shakespeare and the Staging of English History

Shakespeare and the Staging of English History
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0199593159
ISBN-13 : 9780199593156
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare and the Staging of English History by : Janette Dillon

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays.

Reimagining Shakespeare's Playhouse

Reimagining Shakespeare's Playhouse
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 218
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781843842415
ISBN-13 : 1843842416
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Reimagining Shakespeare's Playhouse by : Joe Falocco

Numerous attempts have been made in the modern and postmodern era to recreate the staging conventions of Shakespeare's theatre, from William Poel to the founders of the New Globe. This volume examines the work of these directors, analyzing their practical successes and failures; it also engages with the ideological critiques of early modern staging advanced by scholars such as W.B. Worthen and Ric Knowles. The author argues that rather than indulging in archaism for its own sake, the movement looked backward in a progressive attempt to address the challenges of the twentieth century. The book begins with a re-examination of the conventional view of Poel as an antiquarian crank. Subsequent chapters are devoted to Harley Granville Barker and Nugent Monck; the author argues that while Barker's major contribution was the dubious achievement of establishing the movement's reputation as an essentially literary phenomenon, Monck took the first tentative steps toward an architectural reimagining of modern performance space, an advance which led to later triumphs in early modern staging. The book than traces the sporadic and irregular development of Tyrone Guthrie's commitment to early modern practices. The final chapter looks at how competing historical theories of playhouse design influenced the construction of the Globe, while the conclusion discusses the ongoing potential of early modern staging in the new millennium.