Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man
Dukore, Bernard F. (Compiled with an Introduction by)
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois, 1982
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- Title
- Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man
- Author
- Dukore, Bernard F. (Compiled with an Introduction by)
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0809310171
- ISBN 13
- 9780809310173
In this promptbook for Arms and the Man?a composite of notes from four productions directed either wholly or principally by Bernard Shaw?Bernard F. Dukore adds another dimension to the Irishman known primarily as a playwright, wit, and critic.
Shaw, according to Dukore, ?consistently maintained that directing plays is as crucial a part of a dramatists profession as writing them. He took his role as director quite seriously, exerting almost total control over the production. He cast his own plays, directed them, and even advised on such production matters as lights, music, the use of stage machinery, and the type and placement of props. When German director Max Reinhardt made an unauthorized cut in one of Shaws plays, Shaw protested: ?May the soul of Reinhardt scream through all eternity in boiling brimstone!
The core of this book comes from the production notes of the 1894 premier of Arms and the Man, but notes from the 1907, 1911, and 1919 performances are included as well. Dukore has made this a composite promptbook rather than a record of a single performance for two reasons: no clear evidence enables him to determine which production the comments pertain to; and Shaws interpretation of the play did not change over the years, although he did refine certain aspects.
Dukore describes his text and his method of arriving at it: ?The directorial comments that face the text derive chiefly from Shaws rehearsal notes? In addition, I have employed sketches and notes for blocking, copied from Shaws markings in the margins of the l905 and 1908 printings of the play?; extracts from Shaws letters to Alma Murray and Lillah MacCarthy, the Rainas of the 1894 and 1907 productions, respectively; and the undated Instructions to Producer of Arms and the Man. The letters and instructions are identified when they appear. Cast lists, with credits for director and designer (where known), of these three productions and of the 1919 production follow. The play text Dukore used is the second revised printing of volume 1 of the Bodley Head edition of Shaws plays (1979).
This is the second volume of a Special Issue series published in cooperation with the American Society for Theatre Research. The first was Edward Gordon Craig and ?The Pretenders: A Production Revisited by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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