Shakespeare in the Light: Essays in Honor of Ralph Alan Cohen (Shakespeare and the Stage) - Hardcover

Paul Menzer; Amy Cohen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1683931645 ISBN 13: 9781683931645

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Shakespeare in the Light convenes an accomplished group of scholars, actors, and teachers to celebrate the legacy of renowned Shakespearean and co-founder of the American Shakespeare Center, Ralph Alan Cohen. Each contributor pivots off a production at the ASC’s Blackfriars Playhouse to explore Cohen’s abiding passion, the performance of the plays of William Shakespeare under their original theatrical conditions. Whether interested in early modern theatre history, the teaching of Shakespeare to high school students, or the performance of Shakespeare in twenty-first century America, each essay sheds light on the professing of Shakespeare today, whether on the page, on the stage, or in the classroom. Guided by the spirit of “universal lighting” – so central to the aesthetic of the American Shakespeare Center – Shakespeare in the Light illuminates the impact that the ASC and its founder have made upon the teaching, editing, scholarship, and performance of Shakespeare today.

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About the Authors

Paul Menzer is a professor and director of the Mary Baldwin University MLitt/MFA Shakespeare and Performance graduate program.

Amy R. Cohen is professor of classics and theatre at Randolph College. She is director of the Center for Ancient Drama and holds the William Erness Thoresen and Catherine Ehrman Thoresen ’23 Chair of Speech and Theatre.

Tiffany Stern is Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683931645
• ISBN 13: 9781683931645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 174