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Author | : Andrew Gurr |
Publisher | : Oxford Shakespeare Topics |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780198711582 |
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.
Author | : Andrew Gurr |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 559 |
Release | : 2009-03-26 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1316284166 |
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.
Author | : Cécile de Banke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2014-08-13 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1317652800 |
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.
Author | : Elaine Novak |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2011-05-30 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 144032008X |
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
Author | : C. Walter Hodges |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2004-12-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521311700 |
Lavishly illustrated, Enter the Whole Army reconstructs the original staging of scenes from Shakespeare.
Author | : Hugh Macrae Richmond |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780826477767 |
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>
Author | : Andrew Gurr |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1992-01-23 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521422406 |
The only authoritative, one-volume book to describe all the main features of the original staging of Shakespearean drama.
Author | : Mariko Ichikawa |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1107020352 |
The Shakespearean Stage Space explores the original staging of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries in Renaissance playhouses.
Author | : Cécile de Banke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2014-08-13 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1317652797 |
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.
Author | : David Bevington |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2009-05 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0226044793 |
This study examines how Shakespeare's plays have been transformed for the stage by the demands of theatrical spaces and staging conventions.