Shakespeare in the Theater
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Complex
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780815329688
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; Theater - History & Criticism; Shakespeare; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Literary Criticism; Performing Arts; English; Literature: Classics; Stage history; Shakespeare, William,; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Shakespeare, William; 1564-1616; Dramatic production; Production and direction; Theater
First sentence: THE teacher of Shakespeare necessarily spends a good deal of time pondering what combination of approaches to the canon, from description of character to rhetorical analysis, will bring his students closest to the material, considerations which sometimes conceal a prior problem common to all drama but particularly plaguing in the case of Shakespeare: where is the play that one would teach?