Titus Andronicus / Michael D. Friedman with Alan C. Dessen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Michael D., author.

Dessen, Alan C., author.

Series:

Shakespeare in performance.

Shakespeare in Performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England ; New York, New York : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Michael D. Friedman's second edition of this stage history of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus adds an examination of twelve major theatrical productions and one film that appeared in the years 1989-2009. Friedman identifies four lines of descent in the recent performance history of the play: the stylised, realistic, darkly comic, and political approaches, which culminate in Julie Taymor's harrowing film Titus (1999). Aspects of Taymor's eclectic vision of ancient Rome under the grip of modern fascism were copied by several subsequent productions, making Titus the most characteristic, as well as

Contents:

Shakespeare in Performance: Titus Andronicus; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication ; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE; PREFATORY NOTE; PREFATORY NOTE TO SECOND EDITION; PART ONE; INTRODUCTION: The Problem; CHAPTER I: From Edward Ravenscroft to Peter Brook ; CHAPTER II: To stylise or not to stylise; CHAPTER III: Trusting the script: Deborah Warner at the Swan; CHAPTER IV: Problems then and now; CHAPTER V: The sense of an ending; CONCLUSION: What price Titus?; PART TWO; SEGUE; CHAPTER I: Jeannette Lambermont, Daniel Mesguich, and Michael Maggio

CHAPTER II: Peter Stein and Silviu PurcareteCHAPTER III: Gregory Doran; CHAPTER IV: Julie Taymor: 1994 and 1999; CHAPTER V: Yukio Ninagawa, Bill Alexander, Gale Edwards, Richard Rose, and Lucy Bailey; EPILOGUE: Looking toward the future; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2016).

ISBN:

1-5261-0191-2

OCLC:

960166131