Antony and Cleopatra / Carol Chillington Rutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rutter, Carol Chillington, author.

Contributor:

Manchester University Press, publisher.

Series:

Shakespeare in performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This book writes a performance history of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare's most ambiguous play, from 1606 to the present. It observes the choices that actors, directors, designers, musicians and adapters have made each time they have brought the play's thoughts on power, race, masculinity, regime change, exoticism, love, dotage and delinquency into alignment with a new present. Informed by close attention to theatre records - promptbooks, stage managers' reports, reviews - it offers in-depth analyses of fifteen international productions by (among others) the Royal Shakespeare Company, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Northern Broadsides, Berliner Ensemble and Toneelgroep Amsterdam. It ends seeing Shakespeare's black Egyptian Queen Cleopatra - whited-out in performance for centuries - restored to the contemporary stage. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students, academics, actors, directors and general readers alike.

Notes:

Made available via: manchesterhive.

MUP 2020 titles.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher's data.

Other Format:

Print version: Rutter, Carol Chillington. Antony and Cleopatra,

ISBN:

9781526132505

Publisher Number:

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