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UNINA9910784587403321 |
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Titolo |
Ben Jonson and theatre : performance, practice, and theory / / [edited by] Richard Cave, Elizabeth Schafer, Brian Woolland |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-68092-9 |
1-134-68093-7 |
1-280-14632-X |
0-203-98137-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CaveRichard Allen |
SchaferElizabeth |
WoollandBrian <1949-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Production and direction |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This book has grown out of a conference held at Reading University in January 1996--P. [xiii]. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Induction; 1 Script and performance; 2 Visualising Jonson's text; 3 Designing for Jonson's plays; 4 Acting in Jonson—a conversation with John Nettles and Simon Russell-Beale; 5 Directing Jonson; 6 Introduction; 7 First encounters; 8 Jonson as Shakespeare's Other; 9 Contradictions; 10 The gift of silence; 11 Introduction; 12 Daughters of Ben; 13 'Twill fit the players yet'; 14 Jonson down under: An Australian Alchemist; Epilogue to this 'venture tripartite' |
Appendix: The conference 'Ben Jonson and the Theatre', University of Reading, January 1996Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Looks at the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. It bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how his drama operates in performance and includes discussion with and between practitioners. |
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