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Looking at Shakespeare : a visual history of twentieth-century performance / Dennis Kennedy.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3100 .K46 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Dennis, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1950---Pictorial works.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1800-1950--Pictorial works.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Theaters.
- Theater--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Theater.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1950-.
- History.
- Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.
- Local Subjects:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1950-.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 408 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Most studies of the performance of Shakespeare's work concentrate on how the text has been played and what meanings have been conveyed through acting and interpretive directing. Dennis Kennedy demonstrates that much of audience response is determined by the visual representation, which is normally more immediate and direct than the aural conveyance of a text. Ranging widely over productions in Britain, Europe, Japan and North America, Kennedy gives a thorough account of the main scenographic movements of the century, investigating how the visual relates to Shakespeare on the stage. The second edition of this acclaimed history includes a new chapter on Shakespeare performance in the 1990s, bringing the story up to date by drawing on examples from a wide international field. There are more than twenty new illustrations, some of them in colour (bringing the total number of illustrations to almost 200), and previous references have been updated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-393) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521780578
- 0521785480
- OCLC:
- 46671105
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