{"product_id":"julius-caesar-on-stage-in-england-and-america-1599-1973-paperback-9780521135504","title":"Julius Caesar on Stage in England and America, 1599–1973 (Paperback) 9780521135504","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJulius Caesar on Stage in England and America, 1599–1973\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Ripley, in this 1980 study of Julius Caesar, offers one of the most detailed stage histories ever attempted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Ripley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521135504, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Ripley, in this 1980 study of Julius Caesar, offers one of the most detailed stage histories ever attempted, focusing upon aspects both of English and American staging from 1599 to 1973. His primary sources include promptbooks and groundplans, letters, diaries and reviews. He approaches the play from four different angles: he examines the texts used in all major productions, and makes valuable deductions about the taste and sensibility of an age from cuts, alterations, additions and redistribution of parts. He explains in detail the staging of the play at various points in time, and demonstrates how sets and costumes, bits of business, handling of crowd scenes and lighting affected its business. He reconstructs performances of the four main roles by the greater and lesser lights of each period. Finally, he comments on the way in which the theories of critics and, in modern times, directors' ideas have influenced understanding of the play.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Guide to eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century stage terms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Seventeenth-century productions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Eighteenth-century productions\u003cbr\u003e 3. John Philip Kemble (1812)\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Young to Phelps (1819–65)\u003cbr\u003e 5. American productions (1770–1870)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Booth-Barrett-Davenport era\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Meiningen Court Company (1881) and Beerbohm Tree (1898)\u003cbr\u003e 8. F. R. Benson at Stratford (1892–1915)\u003cbr\u003e 9. William Bridges-Adams at Stratford (1919–34)\u003cbr\u003e 10. American productions (1892–1949)\u003cbr\u003e 11. London productions (1900–49)\u003cbr\u003e 12. English and North American productions (1950–73)\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Chronological handlist of performances\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006069657880,"sku":"9780521135504","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521135504i_f2ea3ec9-3f03-4736-a188-3de045bc64d0.jpg?v=1691372216","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/julius-caesar-on-stage-in-england-and-america-1599-1973-paperback-9780521135504","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}