{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-amateur-performance-a-cultural-history-hardback-9780521862349","title":"Shakespeare and Amateur Performance; A Cultural History (Hardback) 9780521862349","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare and Amateur Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Cultural History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Renaissance to today, this fascinating theatre history investigates how and why Shakespeare's plays have been performed by amateurs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Dobson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521862349, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 28 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is indeed a groundbreaking monograph, which effectively ushers in a new field of research on amateur stagings, making up for its marginalization in academic studies.' Rosy Colombo, Memori Di Shakespeare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the Hamlet acted on a galleon off Africa to the countless outdoor productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream that now defy each English summer, Shakespeare and Amateur Performance explores the unsung achievements of those outside the theatrical profession who have been determined to do Shakespeare themselves. Based on extensive research in previously unexplored archives, this generously illustrated and lively work of theatre history enriches our understanding of how and why Shakespeare's plays have mattered to generations of rude mechanicals and aristocratic dilettantes alike: from the days of the Theatres Royal to those of the Little Theatre Movement, from the pioneering Winter's Tale performed in eighteenth-century Salisbury to the Merchant of Venice performed by Allied prisoners for their Nazi captors, and from the how-to book which transforms Mercutio into Yankee Doodle to the Napoleonic counterspy who used Richard III as a tool of surveillance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Shakespeare in private\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shakespeare in public\u003cbr\u003e 3. Shakespeare in exile\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shakespeare in the open\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\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], Shakespeare plays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare plays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20plays%20%5BDDS%5D%22\"\u003eDDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre direction \u0026amp; production [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre direction \u0026amp; production\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20direction%20\u0026amp;%20production%20%5BANF%5D%22\"\u003eANF\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\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":46265274990872,"sku":"9780521862349","price":88.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521862349i.jpg?v=1692021198","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-and-amateur-performance-a-cultural-history-hardback-9780521862349","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}