{"product_id":"women-as-hamlet-performance-and-interpretation-in-theatre-film-and-fiction-hardback-9780521864664","title":"Women as Hamlet; Performance and Interpretation in Theatre, Film and Fiction (Hardback) 9780521864664","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen as Hamlet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePerformance and Interpretation in Theatre, Film and Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of actresses playing the role of Hamlet on stage and screen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTony Howard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521864664, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.68 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' … a supremely successful achievement … an exceptionally good and timely volume. In its ambition, diversity of primary material, international range, and clear and accessible style, it will be an inspiration to scholars for many years to come.' The Review of English Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe first Hamlet on film was Sarah Bernhardt. Probably the first Hamlet on radio was Eve Donne. Ever since the late eighteenth century, leading actresses have demanded the right to play the role - Western drama's greatest symbol of active consciousness and conscience. Their iconoclasm, and Hamlet's alleged 'femininity', have fascinated playwrights, painters, novelists and film-makers from Eugène Delacroix and the Victorian novelist Mary Braddon to Angela Carter and Robert Lepage. Crossing national and media boundaries, this book addresses the history and the shifting iconic status of the female Hamlet in writing and performance. Many of the performers were also involved in radical politics: from Stalinist Russia to Poland under martial law, actresses made Hamlet a symbol of transformation or crisis in the body politic. On stage and film, women reinvented Hamlet from Weimar Germany to the end of the Cold War. This book aims to put their half-forgotten achievements centre-stage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: The drama of questions and the mystery of Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Women in Black: 2. Playing Hamlet, writing the self\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Is this womanly?'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Virile spirits: Sarah Bernhardt and her inheritance\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Case Studies: Hamlet, the Actress and the Political Stage: 5. 'I am whom I play': Asta Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Why are you looking at me like that?': Zinaida Raikh\u003cbr\u003e 7. Behind the arras, through the Wall: Poland 1989\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hamlet from the margins: Spain, Turkey, Ireland\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Repression and Resurgence: 9. Films and fictions: Hamlet, men's eyes and the ages of woman\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women's voices in the cathedral of culture\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beyond silence, imagination\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], 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":46004817821976,"sku":"9780521864664","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521864664i_5dd8aed0-0e1a-48e3-ba89-24789a3455d5.jpg?v=1691358592","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-as-hamlet-performance-and-interpretation-in-theatre-film-and-fiction-hardback-9780521864664","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}