Playing bit parts in Shakespeare / M.M. Mahood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahood, M. M. (Molly Maureen), author.

Standardized Title:

Bit parts in Shakespeare's plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Acting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare is a unique survey of the small supporting roles - such as foils, feeds, attendants and messengers - that feature in Shakespeare's plays. Exploring such issues as how bit players should conduct themselves within a scene, and how blank verse or prose may be spoken to bring out the complexities of character-definition, Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare brings a wealth of insights to the dynamic of scenic construction in Shakespeare's dramaturgy. M.M. Mahood explores the different functions of minimal characters, from clearing the stage to epi

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface page; Entities and nonentities; Transposes; Supporters; Stress and counterstress; Substance and shadow in Richard the Third; Friends of Brutus; Measure for Measure: or, the Way of the World; Service and servility in King Lear; The varying tide in Antony and Cleopatra; The Tempest from the forecastle; Notes and references; Appendix: Who says what? The definition of small roles; Index of characters; General index

Notes:

Originally published: Bit parts in Shakespeare's plays. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-67364-7

1-134-67365-5

1-280-32990-4

0-203-04928-4

9780203049280

OCLC:

70736742