The Tempest
By: edited by Christine Dymkowski.
Contributors: Dymkowski, Christine, 1950-
Series: Shakespeare in Production
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780521444071
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Political refugees -- Drama; Shipwreck victims -- Drama; Magicians -- Drama; Islands -- Drama; Spirits -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: This edition of The Tempest is the first dedicated to its stage history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, it examines four centuries of mainstream, regional, and fringe productions in Britain (including Dryden and Davenant's Restoration adaptation), nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stagings, and recent Australian, Canadian, French, Italian, and Japanese productions. In a substantial, illustrated Introduction Dymkowski analyses the cultural significance of changes in the play's theatrical representation, for example, when and why Caliban began to be represented by a black actor, and Ariel became a man's role rather than a woman's. The commentary annotates each line of the play with details about acting, setting, textual alteration and cuts, and contemporary reception. With extensive quotation from contemporary commentators and detail from unpublished promptbooks, the edition offers both an accessible account of the play's changing meanings and a valuable resource for further research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of productions; title: Introduction; title: List of characters; title: The Tempest: text and commentary; title: Appendix 1: textual variations; title: Appendix 2: list of principal players; title: Bibliography.