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Shakespeare and Directing in Practice
Shakespeare in Practice
Synopsis
When directors approach Shakespeare, is the play always the thing - or might something else sometimes be the thing?
How can directing produce fresh contexts for Shakespeare's work?
Part of the innovative series Shakespeare in Practice, this book introduces students to current practices of directing Shakespeare. Ewert explores how the conventions and creative tropes of today's theatre make meaning in Shakespeare production now. The 'In Theory' section starts with an analysis of theatre production and directing more generally before looking at the specific Shakespeare context. The 'In Practice' section offers a wonderful range of production examples that showcase the wide breadth of approaches to directing Shakespeare today, from the 'conventional' to the most experimental.
Providing a useful general overview of directing Shakespeare on stage today, this is an ideal text for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying 'Shakespeare in Performance' in Literature, Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies departments. This book will also inspire students studying directing as part of a Theatre programme, and scholars, performers and lovers of Shakespeare everywhere.
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Part memoir, part manifesto, this candid and clever account brilliantly captures the forms, pressures and pleasures of Shakespearean theatre-making in the early twenty-first century. Kevin Ewert is an expert and inspiring guide to postdramatic Shakespeare. * Paul Prescott, Associate Professor of English, University of Warwick, UK * The focus here is on the doing and making of directing Shakespeare, offered through a deft combination of theory and practice, braided into a tight plait of deeply informed historical understanding, theoretical sophistication, and useful notes-from-the-field by a practicing director. * Paul Menzer, Professor of Shakespeare and Performance, Mary Baldwin University, USA *