| Victorian Shakespeare: Volume 1: Theatre, Drama and Performance 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Marshall, G. (Editor), Poole, A. (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1403911169 ISBN-13: 9781403911162 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: "Victorian Shakespeare (Volume 1): Theatre, Drama, Performance" ranges widely across the variety of Victorian theatrical spaces and forms in examining the ways in which the production of Shakespeare fundamentally informs the changing nature and status of the Victorian theatre. It considers the performance spaces of the legitimate theatre, but also looks at burlesques and parodies, the cultural and political spaces of the 1832 Select Committee on Dramatic Literature, the artistic realm of Shakespeare illustrations and theatre posters, and Shakespeare's presence in nineteenth-century Europe and America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2003046950 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.62" W x 8.82" (0.92 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Victorian Shakespeare (Volume 1): Theatre, Drama, Performance ranges widely across the variety of Victorian theatrical spaces and forms in examining the ways in which the production of Shakespeare fundamentally informs the changing nature and status of the Victorian theatre. It considers the performance spaces of the legitimate theatre, but also looks at burlesques and parodies, the cultural and political spaces of the 1832 Select Committee on Dramatic Literature, the artistic realm of Shakespeare illustrations and theatre posters, and Shakespeare's presence in nineteenth-century Europe and America. |