Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in Production) - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521825342 ISBN 13: 9780521825344

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers: some have found class war; some have seen Malvolio as a tragic hero; some have found a passive Viola and others have found an action woman. Whether a production's emphasis is on gender bending, festivity, or trying to reinvent Shakespeare as Chekhov, the sheer variety of Twelfth Nights on offer over the centuries attests to the play's power as a stimulus to theatrical creativity. The dazzling range of the Twelfth Nights considered here includes the productively wayward as well as the conventionally respectable, productions which play to the contemporary market as well as those that seek to flout tradition. This indispensable stage history covers changing fashions in the fortunes of Twelfth Night, and includes a survey of a wide variety of theatrical interpretations of the play in the English-speaking world.

About this title

Book Description:

For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers. Surveying a dazzling range of Twelfth Night productions – including many significant productions which have not received due critical attention previously – Schafer provides the reader with an indispensable stage history of this popular play, from its first performance to today.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Schafer is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521825342
• ISBN 13: 9780521825344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Schafer Elizabeth