This title explores the myriad decisions directors and actors make to produce a version of Shakespeare's play. It's full discussions of eighteen productions from the UK, Italy, Japan and the US empower readers to appreciate the many choices Shakespeare's text supports. -- .
Über den Autor
Bernice W. Kliman is Professor Emeritus at Nassau Community College, State University of New York
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series editors' prefacenAcknowledgementsnIntroductionn1. The protagonists and the productionn1606-1623nDavenant and BettertonnDavid GarricknSarah SiddonsnMacready and Forrestn2. Operatic Macbeth: What we could still learn from VerdinConical hats and broomsticksnThinking about MacbethnPerformance as representation: Metaphor v. mimesisn3 The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretation on stagenLaurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh directed by Glen Byam Shawn4. The protagonists: Chiasmus interpretations on televisionnMaurice Evans and Judith Anderson directed by George SchaefernEric Porter and Janet Suzman directed by John GorrienNicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire directed by Jack Goldn5. The production: Visionary directors on stage and screennOrson Welles' 1936 'Voodoo' 'Macbeth' and its reincarnation on filmnTrevor Nunn's production with Ian McKellan and Judi DenchnRon Daniels's ensemble productionnNinagawa Macbeth: Fusion of Japanese and Western theatrical styles - Paul A. S. Harvey and Bernice W. Klimann6. The production: Visionary directors on filmnAkira Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood'nRoman PolanskinEpiloguenAppendixnBibliographynIndex
Klappentext
This title explores the myriad decisions directors and actors make to produce a version of Shakespeare's play. It's full discussions of eighteen productions from the UK, Italy, Japan and the US empower readers to appreciate the many choices Shakespeare's text supports.
