Paul Prescott

Richard III (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This introduction to the performance potential of one of Shakespeare's most theatrically exciting plays provides extensive commentary that explores the challenges faced by actors and directors and encourages readers to engage imaginatively with Shakespeare's words. Chapters on stage, film and critical history combine to form a comprehensive study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230204331
• Artikelnr.: 62944245

Autorenporträt

PAUL PRESCOTT is the Capital Centre Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick and has acted, directed and taught Shakespeare in Britain, America and Japan. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Survey, the Blackwell Companion to Shakespeare and Performance, and the revised Penguin Shakespeare series; he is currently working on Shakespeare and the Director (Oxford Shakespeare Topics, with Dennis Kennedy).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface
Preface
The Text and Early Performances
The Play's Sources and Cultural ContextCommentary
Key Productions and Performances
The Play on Screen
Critical Assessment
Further Reading
Index.