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Staging Ben : a collection of essays on the theatricality of Jonson's plays / edited by Marshall Botvinick.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Criticism and interpretation.
- Jonson, Ben.
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 107 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- Ben Jonson has frequently been maligned for his antitheatricalism and inability to conceive of his plays as anything other than a reading experience. Staging Ben: A Collection of Essays on the Theatricality of Jonson's Plays offers a rebuttal of this mischaracterization of Jonson's work. Featuring contributions from both Renaissance literature scholars and theatre practitioners, this volume of essays demonstrates the prodigious theatrical imagination of one of the world's most underappreciated dramatists. It explores the problems associated with producing a Jonson play - from length to topicality to cast size - and offers solutions for those who have an interest in bringing Jonson's plays to life. Specific plays explored in this collection are Sejanus, Volpone, The Alchemist, Catiline, and Bartholomew Fair. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Neglected Tragedies: Reviving Sejanus and Catiline for Contemporary Audiences / Katie Rasor Rasor, Katie 11
- Editing Volpone for the Modern Stage / Marshall Botvinick Botvinick, Marshall 33
- The Hard Work of Playing: Art and Authority in The Alchemist / Derek B. Alwes Alwes, Derek B. 51
- "Fleshly Motion": Puppets and the Performing Body in Bartholomew Fair / Emily Thompson Thompson, Emily 71.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-101) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781443883856
- 1443883859
- OCLC:
- 940665584
- Publisher Number:
- 99965481111
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