LEADER 03277nam 22006132 450 001 9910450012103321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-12511-1 010 $a1-280-15956-1 010 $a0-511-12009-5 010 $a0-511-04215-9 010 $a0-511-15773-8 010 $a0-511-30465-X 010 $a0-511-48355-4 010 $a0-511-04499-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006827 035 $a(EBL)202100 035 $a(OCoLC)475916762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236354 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236354 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10173272 035 $a(PQKB)10557376 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511483554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC202100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL202100 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10023538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15956 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006827 100 $a20090224d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRescripting Shakespeare $ethe text, the director, and modern productions /$fAlan C. Dessen$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-00798-4 311 $a0-521-81029-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"Let it be hid": price tags, trade-offs, and economies -- Rescripting Shakespeare's contemporaries -- Adjustments and improvements -- Inserting an intermission/interval -- What's in an ending? : rescripting final scenes -- Rescripting stage directions and actions -- Compressing Henry VI -- The tamings of the shrews : rescripting the First Folio -- The editor as rescripter -- Conclusion : what's not here. 330 $aBuilding on almost 300 productions from the last 25 years, this 2002 book focuses on the playtexts used when directors stage Shakespeare's plays: the words spoken, the scenes omitted or transposed, and the many other adjustments that must be made. Directors rescript to streamline the playscript and save running time, to eliminate obscurity, conserve on personnel, and occasionally cancel out passages that might not fit their 'concept'. They rewright when they make more extensive changes, moving closer to the role of playwrights, as when the three parts of Henry VI are compressed into two plays. Alan Dessen analyzes what such choices might exclude or preclude, and explains the exigencies faced by actors and directors in placing before today's audiences words targeted at players, playgoers, and playhouses that no longer exist. The results are of interest and importance as much to theatrical professionals as to theatre historians and students. 606 $aTheater$xProduction and direction$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTheater$xProduction and direction$xHistory 676 $a792.9/5 700 $aDessen$b Alan C.$f1935-$0195306 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450012103321 996 $aRescripting Shakespeare$9157069 997 $aUNINA