The Spectre of Straight Shakespeare.
... imagination and best fed the public's "voyeuristic compulsions" (267) . So it is that before the gender dynamics of its Shakespearean repertoire are taken into account, the Festival stage is inflected by what D .A . Miller calls the "hetero-structuration of the visual field" (109) . When they are ta ...
... imagination and best fed the public's "voyeuristic compulsions" (267) . So it is that before the gender dynamics of its Shakespearean repertoire are taken into account, the Festival stage is inflected by what D .A . Miller calls the "hetero-structuration of the visual field" (109) . When they are ta ...
ARTICLE #2: What were Shakespeare`s PLAYS
... Theater companies were extremely busy. They would perform around six different plays each week, which could only be rehearsed a couple of times beforehand. Also, there was no stage crew like we have today; every member of the company would have to help make costumes, props and scenery. The Elizabeth ...
... Theater companies were extremely busy. They would perform around six different plays each week, which could only be rehearsed a couple of times beforehand. Also, there was no stage crew like we have today; every member of the company would have to help make costumes, props and scenery. The Elizabeth ...
PAGES TO PLAYERS - The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
... In 1996, the New Jersey State Board of Education adopted Core Curriculum Content Standards that set out to clearly define what every New Jersey student should know and be able to do at the end of his/her schooling. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is committed to supporting teachers by ensuring ...
... In 1996, the New Jersey State Board of Education adopted Core Curriculum Content Standards that set out to clearly define what every New Jersey student should know and be able to do at the end of his/her schooling. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is committed to supporting teachers by ensuring ...
Acting Style
... fool and other comic actors would perform a jig Some time was apparently put aside for the fool to respond to challenges from the audience - with spectators inventing rhymes and challenging the fool to complete them, asking riddles and questions and demanding witty answers, or simply arguing and cri ...
... fool and other comic actors would perform a jig Some time was apparently put aside for the fool to respond to challenges from the audience - with spectators inventing rhymes and challenging the fool to complete them, asking riddles and questions and demanding witty answers, or simply arguing and cri ...
Professional Vita - Clark University
... Theatre Journal, Modern Language Studies, Magill's History Annual, Shakespeare Bulletin, The Modern Language Review and The Yearbook of English Studies, Papers on Language and Literature, Shakespeare and the Classroom, Imprimatur, Medieval and Renaissance Drama in English, Archiv fȕr das Studium Neu ...
... Theatre Journal, Modern Language Studies, Magill's History Annual, Shakespeare Bulletin, The Modern Language Review and The Yearbook of English Studies, Papers on Language and Literature, Shakespeare and the Classroom, Imprimatur, Medieval and Renaissance Drama in English, Archiv fȕr das Studium Neu ...
The World of WS JE
... • Interviewer: How did the audience behave when you were acting? • Actor: (lines39-44) • Interviewer: How did the rich people behave when they were watching? • Actor: (lines45-47) • Interview with a Groundling • Why do you like going to the theatre? • Where are Shakespeare’s plays set? • What kind o ...
... • Interviewer: How did the audience behave when you were acting? • Actor: (lines39-44) • Interviewer: How did the rich people behave when they were watching? • Actor: (lines45-47) • Interview with a Groundling • Why do you like going to the theatre? • Where are Shakespeare’s plays set? • What kind o ...
Shakespeare in Nicaragua
... theatre. Others are students or have another ‘day’ job. Depending on the project and the time available for realising it, sometimes all groups are involved, and sometimes just some of them. The themes of the plays we direct and present are mostly based on a subject concerning a social issue: family ...
... theatre. Others are students or have another ‘day’ job. Depending on the project and the time available for realising it, sometimes all groups are involved, and sometimes just some of them. The themes of the plays we direct and present are mostly based on a subject concerning a social issue: family ...
Master class resource pack Energy first – analysis later when
... answers before we begin to speak and act his words. Too often our first experience of Shakespeare has been via English Literature – which can give us a marvellous understanding of the mechanics of Shakespeare’s writing, the structure of his poetics – but which can mean we are too daunted to just get ...
... answers before we begin to speak and act his words. Too often our first experience of Shakespeare has been via English Literature – which can give us a marvellous understanding of the mechanics of Shakespeare’s writing, the structure of his poetics – but which can mean we are too daunted to just get ...
The World of WS JE
... plays were performed. One picture provides a valuable source of information. In 1596 a Dutchman, Johannes de Witt made a sketch of the Swan Theatre in his diary and this was later copied by his friend Arend Van Buchell. It is the only eyewitness picture of the inside of an Elizabethan theatre. ...
... plays were performed. One picture provides a valuable source of information. In 1596 a Dutchman, Johannes de Witt made a sketch of the Swan Theatre in his diary and this was later copied by his friend Arend Van Buchell. It is the only eyewitness picture of the inside of an Elizabethan theatre. ...
Chapter 2 Shakespeare`s Indian Appropriations: The Indian
... knowledge of Shakespeare and an ability to quote the dramatist became a symbol of aristocracy and the Bengali elite started adopting this new cultural identity to elevate their status to more refined natives in the colonial rule. Jyotshna Singh in “Different Shakespeares” (1996) analyzes the ‘new fo ...
... knowledge of Shakespeare and an ability to quote the dramatist became a symbol of aristocracy and the Bengali elite started adopting this new cultural identity to elevate their status to more refined natives in the colonial rule. Jyotshna Singh in “Different Shakespeares” (1996) analyzes the ‘new fo ...
Elizabethan Drama Terms
... Elizabethan Tragedy- a dramatic form in which a character of high rank is involved in a struggle that ends in disaster Elizabethan Tragic Hero- main character with a tragic ...
... Elizabethan Tragedy- a dramatic form in which a character of high rank is involved in a struggle that ends in disaster Elizabethan Tragic Hero- main character with a tragic ...
23 April – 18 October 2015 theatre season
... sealed under oath by King John. It was an imperfect and temporary document, but one that enshrined to this day the citizen’s right to live without fear of the power of the despot. Though there has been no shortage of attempts to subvert or short-change that right since that day, it remains at the he ...
... sealed under oath by King John. It was an imperfect and temporary document, but one that enshrined to this day the citizen’s right to live without fear of the power of the despot. Though there has been no shortage of attempts to subvert or short-change that right since that day, it remains at the he ...
HL 3030 Major Author: Shakespeare
... specifically catered to the wealthy and highly educated classes of London society. ...
... specifically catered to the wealthy and highly educated classes of London society. ...
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... specifically catered to the wealthy and highly educated classes of London society. ...
... specifically catered to the wealthy and highly educated classes of London society. ...
Shakespeare`s Biography
... register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household—three of whom died in childhood. John Shakespeare had a remarkable run of success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford, during William's early childhood. His fortunes declined, however, in the late 1570s. There ...
... register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household—three of whom died in childhood. John Shakespeare had a remarkable run of success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford, during William's early childhood. His fortunes declined, however, in the late 1570s. There ...
The Renaissance
... gradually increased as English use of the printing press became common by the mid 16th century. By the time of Elizabethan literature a vigorous literary culture in both drama and poetry included poets such as Edmund Spenser, whose verse epic The Faerie Queene had a strong influence on English liter ...
... gradually increased as English use of the printing press became common by the mid 16th century. By the time of Elizabethan literature a vigorous literary culture in both drama and poetry included poets such as Edmund Spenser, whose verse epic The Faerie Queene had a strong influence on English liter ...
the complete works of william shakespeare
... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) provides both an overview of Shakespeare’s style as well as summaries and analysis of all of his plays. The show breaks down the stylistic differences between Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories. For example, the actors relay the poli ...
... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) provides both an overview of Shakespeare’s style as well as summaries and analysis of all of his plays. The show breaks down the stylistic differences between Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories. For example, the actors relay the poli ...
Dramatic Techniques
... Characters produced a representation of characters and events on stage. The actor must demonstrate the meaning and action of the play through words. Stage time is not real time. This reminds the audience that they are watching a play, not real life. ...
... Characters produced a representation of characters and events on stage. The actor must demonstrate the meaning and action of the play through words. Stage time is not real time. This reminds the audience that they are watching a play, not real life. ...
Resources: Anniversary Bibliography 1864 1916
... Manchester Whitworth Institute, Catalogue of Portraits of William Shakespeare and Representative Actors and Editors (1916) New York Public Library, The Shakespearean Festival (New York, 1964) Postgate, John William, Homage to Shakespeare: Timely Studies of the Colossus of All Dramatic Literature, Re ...
... Manchester Whitworth Institute, Catalogue of Portraits of William Shakespeare and Representative Actors and Editors (1916) New York Public Library, The Shakespearean Festival (New York, 1964) Postgate, John William, Homage to Shakespeare: Timely Studies of the Colossus of All Dramatic Literature, Re ...
Acting companies who were based in London
... It was quite usual for some parts to be ‘doubled up’ where one person would play two or more characters because they were not on stage at the same time. The plays would be structured to allow for this. Later in Shakespeare’s life he was able to afford more people on stage at once because his company ...
... It was quite usual for some parts to be ‘doubled up’ where one person would play two or more characters because they were not on stage at the same time. The plays would be structured to allow for this. Later in Shakespeare’s life he was able to afford more people on stage at once because his company ...
Introduction: Shakespeare in Modern Japan
... radically changes Shakespeare’s original and presents the combined drama made ...
... radically changes Shakespeare’s original and presents the combined drama made ...
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... sounded more authentic to the audience. This was also done to maintain the meter in his plays. ...
... sounded more authentic to the audience. This was also done to maintain the meter in his plays. ...
Holding a Mirror up to Nature? Adapting The Taming of the Shrew
... era. It did not try to address the play’s overt misogyny or think of appropriate ways of updating its gender wars theme so that it would fit rather than undermine its visually contemporary context. Its patronising attitude towards youth in the guise of education became apparent when we examine a sam ...
... era. It did not try to address the play’s overt misogyny or think of appropriate ways of updating its gender wars theme so that it would fit rather than undermine its visually contemporary context. Its patronising attitude towards youth in the guise of education became apparent when we examine a sam ...
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.