John Webster : The white devil / Stephen Purcell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Stephen, 1981-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Shakespeare handbooks (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)). Shakespeare's contemporaries

Shakespeare handbooks - Shakespeare's contemporaries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Webster, John, 1580?-1625? White devil.

Webster, John.

Physical Description:

x, 167 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster's thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes:

a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it unfolds on stage

an overview of the play's cultural context

excerpts from historical sources

case studies of four modern productions, featuring interviews with directors

an outline of key critical writings on the play, from the seventeenth century through to today.

The Shakespeare Handbooks are student-friendly introductory guides which offer a new approach to understanding the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in performance. The commentary at the heart of each volume explores the play's theatrical potential, providing an experience as close as possible to seeing it in the theatre. Ideal for students and teachers of Literature and Theatre, as well as actors and directors, the overall aim is to help a reader reach an independent and well-informed view of each play by imagining- how it might be rehearsed or performed on stage. Book jacket.

Contents:

The text and first performances

Intellectual and cultural context

Commentary: the play in performance

Key performances and productions

Critical assessments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230279759

0230279759

9780230279766

0230279767

OCLC:

774489637