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Shakespeare and the theatrical event /

Brown, John Russell.

Shakespeare and the theatrical event / - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002. - viii, 237 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: AUDIENCES -- Playgoing and Participation -- Functions -- Responses -- PART II: ACTORS -- Texts and Techniques -- Persons in a Play -- Parts to Perform -- Actions and Reactions -- Visual Interplay -- Improvisation -- PART III: CONTEXTS -- Stage Space -- Off-Stage Space -- Time -- PART IV: PLAYS IN PRINT -- Reading -- Study and Criticism.

This volume sets out the grounds for a new and revealing way of studying Shakespeare's plays. By considering the entire theatrical event and not only what happens on stage.

0333801318 9780333801314: £37.50 0333801326 (pbk.)


Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Stage history.


Production and direction--Theater
Theater audiences.

792.95 / BRO