Ben Jonson and theatre : performance, practice, and theory / [edited by] Richard Cave, Elizabeth Schafer, Brian Woolland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cave, Richard Allen.

Schafer, Elizabeth.

Woolland, Brian, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Dramatic production--Congresses.

Jonson, Ben.

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Dramatic works--Congresses.

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Stage history--Congresses.

Theater--Production and direction--Congresses.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. It bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how his drama operates in performance and includes discussion with and between practitioners.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Induction; 1 Script and performance; 2 Visualising Jonson's text; 3 Designing for Jonson's plays; 4 Acting in Jonson—a conversation with John Nettles and Simon Russell-Beale; 5 Directing Jonson; 6 Introduction; 7 First encounters; 8 Jonson as Shakespeare's Other; 9 Contradictions; 10 The gift of silence; 11 Introduction; 12 Daughters of Ben; 13 'Twill fit the players yet'; 14 Jonson down under: An Australian Alchemist; Epilogue to this 'venture tripartite'

Appendix: The conference 'Ben Jonson and the Theatre', University of Reading, January 1996Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

"This book has grown out of a conference held at Reading University in January 1996"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-68092-9

1-134-68093-7

1-280-14632-X

0-203-98137-5

9780203981375

OCLC:

475942116