Shakespeare in Performance Castings and Metamorphoses Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance Series
Auteur : Berry Ralph
These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed and The Tempest is viewed through the changing relationships of Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. Some of Shakespeare?s most original strategies for audience control are studied, such as Cordelia's asides in King Lear, Richard II?s subversive laughter and the scenic alternation of pleasure and duty in Henry IV. Performance is the realization of identity. The book draws on major productions up to 1992, just before the book was originally published.
Preface 1. Hamlet's Doubles 2. Doubling: Theory and Practice 3. Casting the Chorus 4. Casting the Crowd: Coriolanus in Performance 5. Casting Hamlet: Two Traditions 6. Lear's System and Cordelia's Aside: Leading the Audience 7. Laughter in King Richard II: The Subplot of Mood 8. Metamorphoses of the Audience 9. Dramatis Personae 10. Measure for Measure: Casting the Star 11. Within the Bermuda Triangle: Reflections on Recent Tempests 12. Falstaff's Space: The Tavern as Pastoral
Date de parution : 07-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 07-2016
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Shakespeare in Performance :
Mots-clés :
RSC Production; ralph berry; Young Man; Coriolanus; Richard III; Hamlet; Crowd Standard; Measure for Measure; Eric Shorter; The Tempest; Sir John Gielgud; King Lear; Gielgud; Richard II; Peter Hall’s Production; Casting; Contemporary Society; Falstaff; Peter Brook’s Production; theatre production; Denis Quilley; Prospero; Playhouse Audience; drama shakespeare; King Richard II; theatre chorus; Tavern Scene; Dramatis Personae Listings; Choric Twin; Doctor Faustus; Play Backing; Roman Crowd; Cade's Mob; Mousetrap Scene; Shakespearean Choruses; Timothy Walker; Shy Lock; Dramatis Personae