Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere
Author: William ShakespeareAnonymous
Author: Roland EmmerichPublisher: Newmarket Press
ISBN: 9781557049926
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
With 165 color images, this stunning visual companion to Anonymous captures the striking recreation of the Elizabethan period that imagines Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, as the true author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare. The brilliant work of the talented filmmakers is celebrated in this book that features: a fascinating introduction by director Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, Independence Day) an essay by screenwriter John Orloff (Band of Brothers, Legends of the Guardians, A Mighty Heart) essays on the Shakespeare authorship question by Mark Twain and by Charles Beauclerk (author of Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom) illustrated script excerpts, sidebars on historical references, concept drawings, and production illustrations commentaries from the cast and crew on the film’s production, costume design, cinematography, and visual effects an extensive bibliography Here is a riveting portrayal of the complex world of Shakespeare’s times, when scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the royal court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage
Author: Stanley WellsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521797115
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of Shakespeare's plays, both in and beyond Britain. The first six chapters describe aspects of the British performing tradition in chronological sequence, from the early staging of Shakespeare's own time, through to the present day. Each relates Shakespearean developments to broader cultural concerns and adopts an individual approach and focus, on textual adaptation, acting, stages, scenery or theatre management. These are followed by three explorations of acting: tragic and comic actors and women performers of Shakespeare roles. A section on international performance includes chapters on interculturalism, on touring companies and on political theatre, with separate accounts of the performing traditions of North America, Asia and Africa. Over forty pictures illustrate performers and productions of Shakespeare from around the world. An amalgamated list of items for further reading completes the book.
Pictorial Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare, Time and the Victorians
Author: Stuart SillarsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521509695
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Time and the visual sense were two essential preoccupations of the Victorians, and both were central to their presentations of Shakespeare's plays. In this extensive new study, Stuart Sillars examines multiple facets of this complex relationship. The desire for authenticity in production, in the work of Charles Kean and his followers, leads to elaborate sets that define and direct the performances' movement through time. Visual artists of all kinds fracture and extend the plays' movements, the Pre-Raphaelites through new techniques and approaches, illustrators through new forms of engraving and printing, and photographers through the emerging forms of the medium. The book also considers the multiple forms in which performances were recorded and re-created visually, and absorbed into the memories of their viewers. With many previously unpublished images, it draws together multiple fields to offer a new perspective on one of the most productive and various periods of Shakespeare activity.
Shakespeare in Pictorial Art
Author: Malcolm Charles SalamanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
“The” Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespeareThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespeareThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Pictures
Author: Keir ElamPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408179768
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Shakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night, among others) pictures are brought on stage - in the form of portraits or other images - as part of the dramatic action. Shakespeare's characters show, exchange and describe them. The pictures arouse in their beholders strong feelings, of desire, nostalgia or contempt, and sometimes even taking the place of the people they depict. The pictures presented in Shakespeare's work are part of the language of the drama, and they have a significant impact on theatrical performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own. Keir Elam pays close attention to the iconographic and literary contexts of Shakespeare's pictures while also exploring their role in performance history. Highly illustrated with 46 images, this volume examines the conflicted cooperation between the visual and the verbal.