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Great Stage Directors The Great European Stage Directors Volume 7 Barrault, Mnouchkine, Stein
Edited by Felicia Hardison Londré, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
The Great European Stage Directors Volume 8 Bausch, Castellucci, Fabre
Edited by Luk Van den Dries, University of Antwerp, Belgium & Timmy De Laet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
This volume offers a compelling account of Jean-Louis Barrault, Ariane Mnouchkine and Peter Stein, who not only won international recognition as directors whose repertoires ranged from classical Greek to Shakespeare to the avantgarde, but also succeeded as leaders of their own companies. The ensembles they nurtured and kept afloat despite setbacks represent the artistic vision of each: the Compagnie Madeleine Renaud–JeanLouis Barrault, the Théâtre du Soleil and the Schaubühne. Selected landmark productions illuminate the achievements of these three directors and their companies.
This volume foregrounds Pina Bausch, Romeo Castellucci and Jan Fabre as three leading directors who have each left an indelible mark on post-war European theatre. Combining discussions of the artists’ poetics with case studies of famous and lesser-known key works, this volume traces a range of foundational aesthetic strategies that are central to the directors’ work: the dynamics of repetition vis-à-vis fragmentation, the continued significance of language in experimental theatre and dance, the tension between theatricality and the performative reality of the stage, and the equal importance attached to text, image and body.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 256 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781474254007 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePdf 9781474259958 • £67.50 / $93.42 Series: Great Stage Directors • Methuen Drama
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 264 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781474254106 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePdf 9781474259965 • £67.50 / $93.42 Series: Great Stage Directors • Methuen Drama
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition Brian Vickers, The School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK; Joseph Candido, University of Arkansas, USA
King John
King Lear
Edited by Joseph Candido, University of Arkansas, USA
Edited by Kevin J. Donovan, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
This revised volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare’s plays were received and understood by critics, editors and readers. A new introduction provides a survey of critical responses to the play since the late 1930s to the present day. The volume offers both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of the play's the reception. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods.
This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Following an introduction which provides an historical account of the play’s critical reception from the earliest times to the present day, the volume presents a selection of original documents, together with contextual head notes and biographical sketches of the authors. The extracts follow a chronological order to give a synoptic overview of criticism on the play, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods.
UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 472 pages HB 9781350077348 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350284166 • £117.00 / $162.12 ePdf 9781350284173 • £117.00 / $162.12 Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 480 pages HB 9781350128415 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350128422 • £117.00 / $162.12 ePdf 9781350128439 • £117.00 / $162.12 Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
King Richard II
The Tempest
Edited by Charles R. Forker, Indiana University, USA
Edited by Brinda Charry, Syracuse University, USA
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
This revised volume increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare’s plays were received and understood by critics, editors and readers. Updated with a new introduction providing a survey of critical responses to the plays since the 1990s to the present day, the volume offers both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods.
This volume offers critical opinions about The Tempest across the centuries and an evaluation of their impact on the reception of the play. The volume features criticism from key literary figures, such as Ben Jonson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Dryden, John Ruskin and Edward Malone. The chronological arrangement of the excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, while the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. The volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism.
UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 648 pages HB 9781350084759 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350287228 • £117.00 / $162.12 ePdf 9781350287211 • £117.00 / $162.12 Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
UK January 2022 • US April 2022 • 384 pages HB 9781350087071 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350284142 • £117.00 / $162.12 ePdf 9781350284159 • £117.00 / $162.12 Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
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