Shakespeare In Performance: Castings And Metamorphoses
by Ralph Berry
2021-01-08 12:44:55
Shakespeare In Performance: Castings And Metamorphoses
by Ralph Berry
2021-01-08 12:44:55
These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star ofHamletandMeasure for Measure. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed andThe Tempes...
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These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star ofHamletandMeasure for Measure. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed andThe Tempestis viewed through the changing relationships of Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. Some of Shakespeare''s most original strategies for audience control are studied, such as Cordelia''s asides inKing Lear,Richard II''s subversive laughter and the scenic alternation of pleasure and duty inHenry IV. Performance is the realization of identity. The book draws on major productions up to 1992, just before the book was originally published.
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