Pursuing Shakespeare's Dramaturgy: Some Contexts, Resources, and Strategies in His Playmaking

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2003 - 489 lappuses
"It is especially concerned with what can be said about Shakespeare's intentions as he shaped his plays. There are, the book maintains, important but still inadequately appreciated dramatic designs built into the plays, and there are clever strategies that have gone unnoticed but may yet be discerned by the careful application of dramaturgical analysis." "The Shakespeare studied in this book is Shakespeare the playmaker, engaged in every step of the process from the first draft of the text to the performance before a live audience. This, the author contends, is the Shakespeare that is most essential, the Shakespeare who should be known as the foundation underlying any other treatment of the plays, and the Shakespeare most exciting and rewarding to pursue."--BOOK JACKET.

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A Test Case
17
The Foundational Texts 25
25
Divisions Locations and Accidentals
43
Speech Headings and Stage Directions
69
Shakespeares Stages as Limit and Opportunity
100
Actors Styles and Playing Conditions
150
Creating and Deploying a Shakespearean Cast
181
Costumes
223
Stage Properties
261
Sound and Music
297
The Arts and Crafts of Language
324
Shakespeares Audiences
377
Epilogue
420
Bibliography
472
Index
485
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