Shakespeare's dramatic transactions / Michael E. Mooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mooney, Michael E., 1947-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays--Selections.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Theater audiences--England--History--16th century.

Theater audiences.

Theater audiences--England--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shakespeare's Dramatic Transactions uses conventions of performance criticism-staging and theatrical presentation-to analyze seven major Shakespearean tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard II, and Richard III. As scholars and readers increasingly question the theoretical models used to describe the concepts of "mimesis" and "representation," this book describes how the actor's stage presentation affects the actor's representational role and the ways in which viewers experience Shakespearean tragedy.Michael Mooney draws on the work of East German critic R

Contents:

Integrating Actor and Audience

Language, Staging, and ''Affect'': Figurenposition in Richard III

Engagement and Detachment in Richard II

Representation and Privileged Knowledge in Hamlet

Location and Idiom in Othello

Multiconsciousness in King Lear

Voice and Multiple Awareness in Macbeth

Directing Sympathy in Antony and Cleopatra.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-216) and index.

ISBN:

9786612919916

9781282919914

1282919911

9780822382836

0822382830

OCLC:

191222364