Macbeth and the Players
Macbeth and the Players

Author: Dennis Bartholomeusz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1969-03-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780521069250

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There is now considerable support for the view that a performance by an actor of genius can constitute a critical interpretation of a play and that only through such performance studies can a completely valid judgement about the play be made. In this paperback edition of a pioneering work, Dennis Bartholomeusz reconstructs from prompt copies, playbills and contemporary accounts, the major interpretations of the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the English stage from 1611 to the 1960s and relates the outstanding peformances of Burbage and Olivier, Siddons and Thorndike to the overall production history of Macbeth.

Macbeth
Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Start Classics

Published: 2024-05-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Murder mayhem and magic.Pushed by his wife to seize the throne Macbeth kills his rightful liege and then tries desperately to hold onto the kingdom that he has wrongfully usurped. Prophesy and magic abound in this dark moody and atmospheric play.Out damned spot! Out I say!One- two -why then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie my lord fie! A soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call ourpower to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?

Shakespeare the Player
Shakespeare the Player

Author: John Southworth

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-10-21

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0752472445

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Man of the Millennium' he may be but William Shakespeare is a shadowy historical figures. His writings have been analysed exhaustively but much of his life remains a mystery. This controversial biography aims to redress the balance. To his contemporaries, Shakespeare was known not as a playwright but as an actor, yet this has been largely ignored or marginalised by most modern writers. here John Southworth overturns traditional images of the Bard and his work, arguing that Shakespeare cannot be separated from his profession as a player any more than he can be separated from his works. Only by approaching Shakespeare's life from this new angle can we hope to learn or understand anything new about him. Following Shakespeare's life as an actor as he learns his craft and begins work on his own plays, Southworth presents the Bard and his plays in their proper context for the first time. Groundbreaking, contentious and a work of deep scholarship and understanding, 'Shakespeare the Player' should change the way we think about the English language's greatest artist.

Othello
Othello

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780774711029

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North American Players of Shakespeare
North American Players of Shakespeare

Author: Michael W. Shurgot

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 9780874139532

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This is a collection of interviews of twenty-one actors from Shakespeare theaters and festivals across North America, from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland to the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. The interviews celebrate the variety in education, training, and approaches to acting conducted by recognized performance scholars. Thus, this book combines scholarly expertise with actors' insights to produce unique views on contemporary Shakespearean performances in the United States and Canada, and fills an important niche in performance criticism. Michael W. Shurgot is Professor of Humanities at South Puget Sound Community College.

Players of Shakespeare 5
Players of Shakespeare 5

Author: Robert Smallwood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-12-08

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521811316

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The fifth volume in this popular series of essays by actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

Players of Shakespeare 4
Players of Shakespeare 4

Author: Robert Smallwood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780521794169

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This 1998 book is the fourth volume of essays by twelve actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Macbeth
Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-07-24

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780521294553

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This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. It treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; whether Lady Macbeth is herself a witch; whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime and what criticism is levelled against Macduff. An extensive, well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations. Several possible new sources are suggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is proposed. Appendixes contain additional text and accompanying music.