{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-power-of-performance-stage-and-page-in-the-elizabethan-theatre-paperback-9780521182836","title":"Shakespeare and the Power of Performance; Stage and Page in the Elizabethan Theatre (Paperback) 9780521182836","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare and the Power of Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStage and Page in the Elizabethan Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book demonstrates the artful means by which Shakespeare responded to the competing claims of acting and writing in the Elizabethan era.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Weimann (Author), Douglas Bruster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521182836, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e278 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… essential reading for anyone teaching or studying Shakespeare, as well as those working in the theatre …' Robert Hornback\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFocusing on the practical means and media of Shakespeare's stage, this study envisions horizons for his achievement in the theatre. Bridging the gap between today's page- and stage-centred interpretations, two renowned Shakespeareans demonstrate the artful means by which Shakespeare responded to the competing claims of acting and writing in the Elizabethan era. They examine how the playwright explored issues of performance through the resonant trio of clown, fool and cross-dressed boy actor. Like this trio, his deepest and most captivating characters often attain their power through the highly performative mode of 'personation' - through playing the character as an open secret. Surveying the whole of the playwright's career in the theatre, Shakespeare and the Power of Performance offers not only compelling ways of approaching the relation of performance and print in Shakespeare's works, but also new models for understanding dramatic character itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Moralize two meanings' in one play: contrariety on the Tudor stage\u003cbr\u003e 2. Performance, game, and representation in Richard III\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mingling vice and 'worthiness' in King John\u003cbr\u003e 4. Clowning: agencies between voice and pen\u003cbr\u003e 5. Clowning at the frontiers of representation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cross-dressing and performance in disguise\u003cbr\u003e 7. Personation and playing: 'secretly open' role-playing\u003cbr\u003e 8. Character\/actor: the deep matrix\u003cbr\u003e 9. Character: depth, dialogue, page\u003cbr\u003e 10. King Lear: representations on stage and page.\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], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\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":46005559230744,"sku":"9780521182836","price":37.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521182836_f29f58d4-3801-49db-b0fb-fd6c920bf44b.jpg?v=1691373326","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-power-of-performance-stage-and-page-in-the-elizabethan-theatre-paperback-9780521182836","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}