Christopher Marlowe and the Golden Age of England
... Queen from 1553-8 suppressed the use of English in plays unless specially authorized by her; in 1556 the Star Chamber even suppressed all ‘dramatic performances.’ The latter proclamation proved somewhat empty as performances in the country were inhibited but not stopped (at least eight companies wer ...
... Queen from 1553-8 suppressed the use of English in plays unless specially authorized by her; in 1556 the Star Chamber even suppressed all ‘dramatic performances.’ The latter proclamation proved somewhat empty as performances in the country were inhibited but not stopped (at least eight companies wer ...
Chapter 2: The Mask - Susan de Vere
... Well, if you see with your own eyes smoke coming from the Hyphen on the cover of SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS (1609); the Mask on the cover of the First Folio (1623); and then the 'Smoking Gun' lying next to the Daughter who produces that First Folio – Ben Jonson was in love with Susan de Vere, Countess of ...
... Well, if you see with your own eyes smoke coming from the Hyphen on the cover of SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS (1609); the Mask on the cover of the First Folio (1623); and then the 'Smoking Gun' lying next to the Daughter who produces that First Folio – Ben Jonson was in love with Susan de Vere, Countess of ...
Understanding Drama - Shivaji University
... The word drama comes from the Greek meaning “to act, do or perform”, and it is in the several subtle and diverse meanings of “to perform” that drama can be said to have begun. All communities accept that their later drama has roots in pre-history. Anthropologists have shown that primitive societies ...
... The word drama comes from the Greek meaning “to act, do or perform”, and it is in the several subtle and diverse meanings of “to perform” that drama can be said to have begun. All communities accept that their later drama has roots in pre-history. Anthropologists have shown that primitive societies ...
Hamlet Study Guide
... as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.” This version is the source of most modern editions. A revised, cut, version of the Second Quarto appeared in the First Folio of 1623. This version is believed to have been revised from a prompt book or actor’s copy of the script, s ...
... as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.” This version is the source of most modern editions. A revised, cut, version of the Second Quarto appeared in the First Folio of 1623. This version is believed to have been revised from a prompt book or actor’s copy of the script, s ...
teacher preparation guide
... these texts vary greatly from each other. The Second Quarto is over 4,000 lines long (nearly twice the length of the First Quarto edition) and is generally believed to derive from Shakespeare’s written manuscript. Given its extreme length, it is unlikely that this script would have been performed by ...
... these texts vary greatly from each other. The Second Quarto is over 4,000 lines long (nearly twice the length of the First Quarto edition) and is generally believed to derive from Shakespeare’s written manuscript. Given its extreme length, it is unlikely that this script would have been performed by ...
Hamlet - Resource Pack
... been a major influence on culture and on literature, from numerous critical studies, to new plays and stories based on the characters. And, for an actor, young Hamlet is a part that everyone seems to aspire to play. The play was written sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is difficult to say precisel ...
... been a major influence on culture and on literature, from numerous critical studies, to new plays and stories based on the characters. And, for an actor, young Hamlet is a part that everyone seems to aspire to play. The play was written sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is difficult to say precisel ...
and read the complete history of Great Lakes Theater
... The director was thus able to attract a strong company of actors who were soon to make their mark in the burgeoning regional theater scene. Donald Moffat reported that in the early 1960s he had the option of playing bit parts for little money in Joe Papp’s Central Park productions or tackling “the g ...
... The director was thus able to attract a strong company of actors who were soon to make their mark in the burgeoning regional theater scene. Donald Moffat reported that in the early 1960s he had the option of playing bit parts for little money in Joe Papp’s Central Park productions or tackling “the g ...
Twelfth Night Study Guide Final
... area, the production will offer a public performance at the historic Lincoln Theatre in downtown Columbus. The production team looks forward to sharing our vision of this delightful play with young people and their teachers. Touring productions offer unique challenges for actors, since conditions ch ...
... area, the production will offer a public performance at the historic Lincoln Theatre in downtown Columbus. The production team looks forward to sharing our vision of this delightful play with young people and their teachers. Touring productions offer unique challenges for actors, since conditions ch ...
Shakespeare and Performance File
... published editions of plays by Farquhar, Etherege, Vanbrugh, Otway, Lee, Dryden, Southerne, and Sheridan. He is writing monographs on the relationships between Shakespearean editing and performance and on the Restoration comedy of marriage, 1660– 1688. He also regularly directs early modern plays – ...
... published editions of plays by Farquhar, Etherege, Vanbrugh, Otway, Lee, Dryden, Southerne, and Sheridan. He is writing monographs on the relationships between Shakespearean editing and performance and on the Restoration comedy of marriage, 1660– 1688. He also regularly directs early modern plays – ...
His Theatre Work and Lectures in the United States in 1916.
... of Calderon's Life's a Dream on June 3, and a staged produc tion of Ben Jonson's The Poetaster on October 25, 26, and 27. The Poetaster production, which was acclaimed as the "first purely Elizabethan production in the United States," was presented at the Detroit Museum of Art for three performance ...
... of Calderon's Life's a Dream on June 3, and a staged produc tion of Ben Jonson's The Poetaster on October 25, 26, and 27. The Poetaster production, which was acclaimed as the "first purely Elizabethan production in the United States," was presented at the Detroit Museum of Art for three performance ...
chapter one - SUST Repository
... the mental design of that character as well as the progress of the play’s plot. Soliloquies in such way are the true means of the character self-revelation without which all the characters’ inner thoughts and feeling as well as their personality will never be displayed by the audience or the readers ...
... the mental design of that character as well as the progress of the play’s plot. Soliloquies in such way are the true means of the character self-revelation without which all the characters’ inner thoughts and feeling as well as their personality will never be displayed by the audience or the readers ...
Poetry and Drama 1
... information. Two great unassailable facts we do know and must never forget: first that a man named William Shakespeare lived and wrote, was seen by many, admired for his works, liked for his qualities; and second that a great mass of work was known by his friends and rivals to be his, was published ...
... information. Two great unassailable facts we do know and must never forget: first that a man named William Shakespeare lived and wrote, was seen by many, admired for his works, liked for his qualities; and second that a great mass of work was known by his friends and rivals to be his, was published ...
Celebrating Bonnie J. Monte`s 25 Years Silent Auction Guide Kith
... enchanting musical classic. Tickets are scarce for this production at the magnificent Lincoln Center Theatre, and these are prime orchestra seats! Pick your date, subject to availability, to any performance before July 5th. VALUE: $320 Minimum Bid: $300 • Minimum Raise: $25 ...
... enchanting musical classic. Tickets are scarce for this production at the magnificent Lincoln Center Theatre, and these are prime orchestra seats! Pick your date, subject to availability, to any performance before July 5th. VALUE: $320 Minimum Bid: $300 • Minimum Raise: $25 ...
THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO Study Guide
... a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582 he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London t ...
... a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582 he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London t ...
The two Japanese productions of Macbeth: Akira Kurosawa`s
... The Background of the Japanese Cinema and Theatre Before discussing Kurosawa and Ninagawa, I would like to explore some of the background of Japanese cinema and theatre, which might help the reader to understand the works in their own context. In Japan, the cinema and the theatre are different indu ...
... The Background of the Japanese Cinema and Theatre Before discussing Kurosawa and Ninagawa, I would like to explore some of the background of Japanese cinema and theatre, which might help the reader to understand the works in their own context. In Japan, the cinema and the theatre are different indu ...
View online - Ghent University Library
... When thinking about depictions of magic and magical creatures, the first things that spring to mind are the sorcerers, such as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, who have long beards and use magical implements, the black-clad witches, such as the Wicked Witch of the West from Oz the Great and Power ...
... When thinking about depictions of magic and magical creatures, the first things that spring to mind are the sorcerers, such as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, who have long beards and use magical implements, the black-clad witches, such as the Wicked Witch of the West from Oz the Great and Power ...
Looking for his “Part”: Performing Hamlet in New
... without transition, no dramatic dialogue, only phrases, for example, «frailty they name is woman», and snatches from four speeches: «O that this too too sullied flesh would melt» (1.2.129ff), «I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth» (2.2.297ff), «To be, or not to be» (3.1.56ff), ...
... without transition, no dramatic dialogue, only phrases, for example, «frailty they name is woman», and snatches from four speeches: «O that this too too sullied flesh would melt» (1.2.129ff), «I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth» (2.2.297ff), «To be, or not to be» (3.1.56ff), ...
The Tempest: A Critical Reader
... The drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries has remained at the very heart of English curricula internationally and the pedagogic needs surrounding this body of literature have grown increasingly complex as more sophisticated resources become available to scholars, tutors and students. This seri ...
... The drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries has remained at the very heart of English curricula internationally and the pedagogic needs surrounding this body of literature have grown increasingly complex as more sophisticated resources become available to scholars, tutors and students. This seri ...
i Six Companies in Search of Shakespeare: Rehearsal
... Tree, ―an absolute crank,‖3 but Poel claimed his productions sought, ―to keep the past in touch with the present.‖4 By embracing rather than erasing the challenge of Shakespeare‘s full text and the conditions of his original theatre, William Poel and his company were forced to re-invent styles of pe ...
... Tree, ―an absolute crank,‖3 but Poel claimed his productions sought, ―to keep the past in touch with the present.‖4 By embracing rather than erasing the challenge of Shakespeare‘s full text and the conditions of his original theatre, William Poel and his company were forced to re-invent styles of pe ...
Stage Appropriations of Shakespeare`s Major Tragedies, 1979
... A central idea in this study is that an appropriation may have the power to change how spectators/readers think of the appropriated text. As early as 1916, S. P. B. Mais argued for this effect in connection with Gordon Bottomley’s King Lear’s Wife, a prequel to Shakespeare’s King Lear: In point of f ...
... A central idea in this study is that an appropriation may have the power to change how spectators/readers think of the appropriated text. As early as 1916, S. P. B. Mais argued for this effect in connection with Gordon Bottomley’s King Lear’s Wife, a prequel to Shakespeare’s King Lear: In point of f ...
Performing Shakespeare in Contemporary Taiwan - CLoK
... this version was also the audience favourite. However, in order to give other new Peking Opera actors more opportunities to perform on stage5, Tsui Kark came up with another version of The Tempest by combining features of them all, which later became part of Contemporary Legend Theatre‟s repertoire ...
... this version was also the audience favourite. However, in order to give other new Peking Opera actors more opportunities to perform on stage5, Tsui Kark came up with another version of The Tempest by combining features of them all, which later became part of Contemporary Legend Theatre‟s repertoire ...
Stony Brook University
... viewpoint of racial consciousness, these minority groups are undoubtedly portrayed with racial stereotyping. Shylock the Jew is portrayed as a cheap and inhumane man who cannot perceive the worth of goods without monetary value. Othello, the Moor, is portrayed as a bewitching seducer incapable of a ...
... viewpoint of racial consciousness, these minority groups are undoubtedly portrayed with racial stereotyping. Shylock the Jew is portrayed as a cheap and inhumane man who cannot perceive the worth of goods without monetary value. Othello, the Moor, is portrayed as a bewitching seducer incapable of a ...
Theatrical Practice and Cultural Context.
... endeavors has been, to some extent, a victory over cinema. “It shows,” says Rory Edwards who played Orleans in the Globe’s 1997 production of Henry V, that “we haven’t completely succumbed to the mechanistic world of film and technology” (qtd. in Kiernan, Staging Shakespeare 139). In its first decad ...
... endeavors has been, to some extent, a victory over cinema. “It shows,” says Rory Edwards who played Orleans in the Globe’s 1997 production of Henry V, that “we haven’t completely succumbed to the mechanistic world of film and technology” (qtd. in Kiernan, Staging Shakespeare 139). In its first decad ...
Living Death in Early Modern Drama Submitted by James Alsop to
... Bringst us together, and dost join our hands/ O, living death! Even in this dying life.2 In Heywood’s terms, then, a state of living death might be experienced by either the “living dead” (that is, individuals alive but on the very brink of death), or the “dead living” (those who are dead but retain ...
... Bringst us together, and dost join our hands/ O, living death! Even in this dying life.2 In Heywood’s terms, then, a state of living death might be experienced by either the “living dead” (that is, individuals alive but on the very brink of death), or the “dead living” (those who are dead but retain ...
“Denmark`s a prison”: Branagh`s Hamlet
... those who are famous for acting on screen, though not generally in Shakespearean roles, such as Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Charlton Heston, and Jack Lemmon. Secondly, there are several actors in the cast who have been noted stage Hamlets of the past, including Michael Maloney (Laertes), Sir John ...
... those who are famous for acting on screen, though not generally in Shakespearean roles, such as Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Charlton Heston, and Jack Lemmon. Secondly, there are several actors in the cast who have been noted stage Hamlets of the past, including Michael Maloney (Laertes), Sir John ...
Sir Thomas More (play)
Sir Thomas More is an Elizabethan play and a dramatic biography based on particular events in the life of the Catholic martyr Thomas More, who rose to become the Lord Chancelor of England during the Reign of Henry VIII. The play is considered to be written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle and revised by several writers. It is particularly notable for a three page handwritten revision that is considered by many scholars to be by William Shakespeare.This play is not simply biographical, because, for example, significant facts of More’s life are not described: There is no mention of his literary career, his book Utopia, or the dispute between Henry VIII and the Pope in Rome. Also the life of More is at times expanded beyond what actually occurred and beyond the sources that were used, in order to suit the drama. What the play is about has been debated, but the issues revolve around obedience to the crown and rule of law, particularly when a populace becomes stirred up in an anti-alien fervor. Even More must obey; when he doesn’t he loses his life.There are three primary actions in the drama: First is the uprising of 1517 known as Ill May Day and More’s quelling of the rioters. Second is the portrayal of More’s private life, his family and friendships, demonstrating his generosity, kindness, and wit. Third is his service as Privy Councillor and Lord Chamberlain, and the principled stand he took in opposition to the king, which leads to More’s execution.The particular articles More refuses to sign are never described, so the play avoids the specific conflict that occurred between the church in Rome and the English Church, and so then the story can focus on the issue of freedom of an individual conscience from worldly authority. This explains why Munday, who fought against the Catholic Church, would be an author of a play that vindicates More, a Catholic martyr. Munday’s abiding interest, as demonstrated in his other plays, was in speaking out against attacks on an individual’s freedom, attacks that came from both church and state.Considered in terms of theatrical performance, it is seen as effective and dramatic in the scenes dealing with the rioting, it is warm and human when dealing with his private life, and it is sympathetic and admiring as More sticks to his principles in the conclusion of the play. It is considered to be the best of the dramatic biographies that were written in Elizabethan times. Even with these qualities it would not have attracted as much interest if it were not for the association this play has with Shakespeare.The original manuscript, involving so many revisions, has reinforced the incorrect idea that the play has been pieced together or is in poor condition. Instead, the revisions should be considered in recognizable theatrical terms as a script’s natural progression towards its being readied for production.The original manuscript is a handwritten text, now owned by the British Library. The manuscript is notable for the light it sheds on the collaborative nature of Elizabethan drama and theatrical censorship of the era. In 1871, Richard Simpson proposed that some additions to the play had been written by Shakespeare, and a year later James Spedding, editor of the works of Sir Francis Bacon, while rejecting some of Simpson's suggestions, supported the attribution to Shakespeare of the passage credited to Hand D. In 1916, the paleographer Sir Edward Maunde Thompson published a minute analysis of the handwriting of the addition and judged it to be Shakespeare's. The case was strengthened with the publication of Shakespeare's Hand in the Play of Sir Thomas More (1923) by five noted scholars who analysed the play from multiple perspectives, all of which led to the same affirmative conclusion. A second significant gathering of scholars to consider Sir Thomas More grew out of a seminar that was held during the meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America at Ashland, Oregon in 1983. It resulted in a second book of essays, eight by eight different authors, that was published as Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More; Essays on the Play and its Shakespearean Interest. It is a comprehensive study of the manuscript, and states that it appears more likely than ever that Shakespeare did indeed contribute to the revision of this play. This would make it the only surviving manuscript text written by Shakespeare. Although some dissenters remain, the attribution has been generally accepted since the mid-20th century and most authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works, including The Oxford Shakespeare, include the play. It was performed with Shakespeare's name included amongst the authors by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2005.