Contemporary Shakespeare production
By: H.R. Coursen.
Series: Studies in Shakespeare, 1067-0823 -- v. 20
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781433109249
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations
Genres: Film and video adaptations
Description: "Contemporary Shakespeare Production suggests that analysis and description of selected productions is the only valid approach to understanding Shakespeare's art. It looks specifically at Richard II, Henry V, Ophelia, The Tempest, allusions to Shakespeare in film, and recent film and television productions of As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Local habitations: scripts familiar and strange; title: Local Shakespeare and anachronism; title: Richard II as script; title: Henry V in performance; title: Hamlet, and the question of Ophelia; title: Reading The tempest toward production; title: Shakespeare on film: the web of allusion; title: Three recent productions.