Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter

The Henry VI plays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. This is the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, and focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 303g
• ISBN-13: 9780719080937
• ISBN-10: 0719080932
• Artikelnr.: 26104796

Autorenporträt

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Principal Lecturer in English and Drama at the University of Central Lancashire. Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of English at the University of Warwick

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Henry VI and national culture 1. Playing Henry VI in the early modern period 2. Rediscoveries: Nation, war and empire (1899
1953) 3. The Wars of the Roses: The RSC's Henry VI and Edward IV (1963
4) 4. A true trilogy: The RSC's Henry VI (1977
79) 5. Henry VI and the BBC (1960 and 1981
3) 6. English counter
histories: The ESC's House of Lancaster and House of York (1987
89) 7. Acts of war: The RSC's The Plantagenets (1988
1990) 8. Plundering in front of hell: The RSC's Henry VI
The Battle For the Throne (1994
1995) 9. Black comedies: The RSC's millennial Henry VI (2000
2001) Bibliography Appendix: Cast and crew