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UNINA9910450518003321 |
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Autore |
Worthen William B. <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Shakespeare and the force of modern performance / / W.B. Worthen [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-13230-4 |
1-280-15957-X |
0-511-12010-9 |
0-511-04216-7 |
0-511-14879-8 |
0-511-30559-1 |
0-511-48408-9 |
0-511-04500-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Production and direction - History - 20th century |
Film adaptations - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-261) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: dramatic performativity and the force of performance -- 1. Performing history -- 2. Globe performativity -- 3. Shakespearean geographies -- 4. Cyber-Shakespeare. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance asks a central theoretical question in the study of drama: what is the relationship between the dramatic text and the meanings of performance? Developing the notion of 'performativity' explored by J. L. Austin, Judith Butler, and others, Worthen argues that the text cannot govern the force of its performance. Instead the text becomes significant only as embodied in the changing conventions of its performance. Worthen explores this understanding of dramatic performativity by interrogating several contemporary sites of Shakespeare production. He analyses how Shakespeare is recreated in historical performance, exemplified by the Globe Theatre on Bankside; by international and intercultural |
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