Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres by Gurr

Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres by Gurr

Oxford Shakespeare Topics provides students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Notes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested reader with the means to broaden research. By bringing together evidence from different sources-documentary, archaeological, and the play-texts themselves-Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres reconstructs the ways in which the plays were originally staged in the theatres of Shakespeare's own time, and shows how the physical possibilities and limitations of these theatres affected both the writing and the performances. The book explains the conditions under which the early playwrights and players worked, their preparation of the plays for the stage, and their rehearsal practices. It looks at the quality of evidence supplied by the surviving play-texts, and the extent to which audiences of the time differed from modern audiences; and it gives vivid examples of how Elizabethan actors made use of gestures, costumes, props, and the theatre's specific design features. Stage movement is analysed through a careful study of how exits and entrances worked on such stages. The final chapter offers a thorough examination of Hamlet as a text for performance, excitingly returning the play to its original staging at the Globe.

Gives striking examples of the use of costumes, props, gestures, and specific design features.. a careful study of stage movement. * Years Work in English Studies *
Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly. * Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement *

Professor Mariko Ichikawa works at the University of Tohoku in Japan. Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (co-authored with Andrew Gurr, 2000) and Shakespearean Entrances (2002) are two of her earlier books.

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ISBN 13	9780198711582
ISBN 10	0198711581
Title	Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres
Author	Gurr
Series	Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2000-02-17
Number of pages	188
Prizes	Winner of Shortlisted for The Theatre Book Prize 2000.
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