The world's a stage
Subtitle: Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life
By: Robert Crosman.
Publisher: Academica Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bethesda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Performing arts; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Technique; Performing arts in literature; Theater in literature; Acting in literature; Play within a play
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life; title: The world as stage in the Taming of the shrew; title: What is the dream in a Midsummer night's dream?; title: 'I shall henceforth be myself' : Henry V, king of players or royal hypocrite?; title: Rosalind as player-playwright in As you like it; title: Tonight we improvise : Hamlet and the limits of playing; title: If I ruled the world : Duke Vincentio plays God in measure for measure; title: Shakespeare's goodbye to the stage : The tempest and its afterlife; title: Shakespeare's final ambiguity : the world is and is not a stage.