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Author: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-01-26
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1009241206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first book on Restoration Shakespeare in performance, drawing on theatre history, musicology and literary criticism.
Author: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-01-31
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1009241249
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Performing Restoration Shakespeare embraces the performative and musical qualities of Restoration Shakespeare (1660–1714), drawing on the expertise of theatre historians, musicologists, literary critics, and - importantly - theatre and music practitioners. The volume advances methodological debates in theatre studies and musicology by advocating an alternative to performance practices aimed at reviving 'original' styles or conventions, adopting a dialectical process that situates past performances within their historical and aesthetic contexts, and then using that understanding to transform them into new performances for new audiences. By deploying these methodologies, the volume invites scholars from different disciplines to understand Restoration Shakespeare on its own terms, discarding inhibiting preconceptions that Restoration Shakespeare debased Shakespeare's precursor texts. It also equips scholars and practitioners in theatre and music with new - and much needed - methods for studying and reviving past performances of any kind, not just Shakespearean ones.
Author: Richard Schoch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-13
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 110878867X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This short history of Shakespeare in global performance-from the re-opening of London theatres upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to our present multicultural day-provides a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare's theatrical afterlife and introduces categories of analysis and understanding to make that afterlife intellectually meaningful. Written for both the advanced student and the practicing scholar, this work enables readers to situate themselves historically in the broad field of Shakespeare performance studies and equips them with analytical tools and conceptual frameworks for making their own contributions to the field.
Author: Barbara A. Murray
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780838639184
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Between 1660 and 1682 seventeen versions of Shakespeare's plays were made for the newly reopened public theatres in London, and in its three parts 'Restoration Shakespeare: Viewing the Voice' offers a new view of why and how such adaptation was undertaken. Part I considers the seventeenth-century debate about how dramaric poetry works on the mind. Part II offers an analysis of each play with regard to its visual and metaphorical effects. Part III concludes with a review of Shakespeare's reputation in these years, drawing a distinction between what readers and playgoers would have known of him.
Author: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2023-05-18
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1350273481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eubanks Winkler and Schoch reveal how – and why – the first generation to stage Shakespeare after Shakespeare's lifetime changed absolutely everything. Founder of the Duke's Company, Sir William Davenant influenced how Shakespeare was performed in a profound and lasting way. This open access book provides the first performance-based account of Restoration Shakespeare, exploring the precursors to Davenant's approach to Restoration Shakespeare, the cultural context of Restoration theatre, the theatre spaces in which the Duke's Company performed, Davenant's adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, acting styles, and the lasting legacy of Davenant's approach to staging Shakespeare. The eBook editions of this work are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Queen's University Belfast.
Author: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Published: 2023-05-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1350273481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eubanks Winkler and Schoch reveal how – and why – the first generation to stage Shakespeare after Shakespeare's lifetime changed absolutely everything. Founder of the Duke's Company, Sir William Davenant influenced how Shakespeare was performed in a profound and lasting way. This open access book provides the first performance-based account of Restoration Shakespeare, exploring the precursors to Davenant's approach to Restoration Shakespeare, the cultural context of Restoration theatre, the theatre spaces in which the Duke's Company performed, Davenant's adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, acting styles, and the lasting legacy of Davenant's approach to staging Shakespeare. The eBook editions of this work are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Queen's University Belfast.
Author: J. L. Styan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986-08-29
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521274210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of the ways in which Restoration comedy was performed, using the costume, customs, manners and behaviour of the age as a way of understanding its theatre and drama. It also considers problems encountered in early twentieth century revivals of plays by authors such as Etherege, Dryden, Congreve and Farquhar.
Author: Diana Solomon
Publisher: University of Delaware
Published: 2013-04-11
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1611494230
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a taxonomy of prologues and epilogues with a corresponding appendix, and demonstrates through case studies of Anne Bracegirdle and Anne Oldfield how the study of prologues and epilogues enriches Restoration theater scholarship.
Author: Fiona Ritchie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-19
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 0521898609
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines Shakespeare's influence and popularity in all aspects of eighteenth-century literature, culture and society.
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Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781557831194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(Applause Acting Series). The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject of Simon Callow's bold investigation. There is cause again to celebrate as Callow, one of Britain's foremost actors, aims to restore the form to all its original voluptuous vigor. Callow shows the way to attain clarity and hilarity in some of the most delightful roles ever conceived for the theatre.
