Buch
Popular Shakespeare
-Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage-S. Purcell
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | Palgrave Shakespeare Studies |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 25. 02. 2009 |
Seiten | : | 262 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 229 mm |
Breite | : | 152 mm |
Gewicht | : | 574 g |
ISBN | : | 9780230577039 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He directs for the theatre company The Pantaloons.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents Preface Acknowledgements Personal Narrative I: Ambiguous Applause Popular Shakespeares Personal Narrative II: Stand-up Shakespeare Text and Metatext: Shakespeare and Anachronism Personal Narrative III: Jeffrey Archer: The One That Got Away 'A Play Extempore': Interpolation, Improvisation, and Unofficial Speech Personal Narrative IV: A Bit Sexist 'It's Like a Shakespeare Play!': Parodic Appropriations of Shakespeare Personal Narrative V: Blasphemy Shakespeare's Popular Audience: Reconstructions and Deconstructions Personal Narrative VI: Alternative Endings Shakespeare, Space, and the 'Popular' Personal Narrative VII: 'It's the Famous Bit!': Fragments of Romeo and Juliet Shakespearean 'Samples' Personal Narrative VIII: Rough Magic Notes Bibliography Index
Pressestimmen
There is much to recommend in Popular Shakespeare . It is full of well-told and genuinely amusing examples of productions.' - Jerome Monahan, Around the Globe , magazine of Shakespeare's Globe