Ben Jonson and theatre : performance, practice, and theory / / [edited by] Richard Cave, Elizabeth Schafer, Brian Woolland

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 822/.3
• Soggetto topico: Theater - Production and direction
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CaveRichard Allen SchaferElizabeth WoollandBrian <1949->
• Note generali: This book has grown out of a conference held at Reading University in January 1996--P. [xiii].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ben Jonson and theatre
• ISBN: 1-134-68093-7; 1-280-14632-X; 0-203-98137-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457305903321
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