| Shakespeare and the Authority of Performance Contributor(s): Worthen, William B. (Author), Worthen, W. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052155134X ISBN-13: 9780521551342 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 792.95 |
| LCCN: 96045571 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This stimulating book asks how both text and performance are construed as vessels of authority, and finds that our understanding of Shakespearean performance retains a surprising sense of the possibility of being faithful to Shakespearean texts, and so to Shakespeare. After an opening theoretical chapter, Worthen examines the relationship between text and performance in three activities: directing, acting, and scholarship. The book contributes to the scholarly study of acting and directing, and to the wider discourse of performance studies. |