Rescripting Shakespeare
Subtitle: the text, the director, and modern productions
By: Alan C. Dessen.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950-; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual.; Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 "Let it be hid": price tags, trade-offs, and economies; title: 2 Rescripting Shakespeare's contemporaries 38; title: 3 Adjustments and improvements 64; title: 4 Inserting an intermission/interval 94; title: 5 What's in an ending? Rescripting final scenes 109; title: 6 Rescripting stage directions and actions 136; title: 7 Compressing Henry VI 66; title: 8 The tamings of the shrews: rescripting the First Folio i85; title: 9 The editor as rescripter 209; title: Conclusion: what's not here 235.