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Rescripting Shakespeare : the text, the director, and modern productions /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dessen, Alan C., 1935-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1950-
Theater > Production and direction > History > 20th century.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Adaptations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Let it be hid": price tags, trade-offs, and economies
  • Rescripting Shakespeare's contemporaries
  • Adjustments and improvements
  • Inserting an intermission/interval
  • What's in an ending? : rescripting final scenes
  • Rescripting stage directions and actions
  • Compressing Henry VI
  • The tamings of the shrews : rescripting the First Folio
  • The editor as rescripter
  • Conclusion : what's not here.