Shakespeare in Action by Jaq Bessell
A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students a critical toolkit with which to study the plays as performance.
An engaging resource for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare performance, the politics of who can speak Shakespeare, how to speak Shakespeare, whom Shakespeare belongs to, and the alchemic transformation from words on a page, to actions on a stage* SKENÈ Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies *
There is something for everybody in Shakespeare in Action. The book is very much designed to help a wide range of those with an interest in the subject, not merely actors and theatre makers ... [readers will] learn a great deal about the ways in which actors and those offstage approach Shakespearean production today. * British Theatre Guide *
There is something for everybody in Shakespeare in Action. The book is very much designed to help a wide range of those with an interest in the subject, not merely actors and theatre makers ... [readers will] learn a great deal about the ways in which actors and those offstage approach Shakespearean production today. * British Theatre Guide *
Jaq Bessell is the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Programme Leader for MA/MFA Acting at the Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK. After gaining her PhD, she spent the six years working in the professional theatre, first at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and later as Head of Research at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Later, she taught acting at the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City before joining the faculty in the M.Litt/M.F.A. programme in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance at Mary Baldwin College in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center. She then became a lecturer and fellow at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Her work with actors is the source, form, and outlet for her ongoing research in Early Modern drama, particularly the plays of Shakespeare.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781408171738 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408171732 |
| Title | Shakespeare in Action |
| Author | Jaq Bessell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2019-01-24 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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