Title Acts of criticism : performance matters in Shakespeare and his contemporaries : essays in honor of James P. Lusardi / edited by Paul Nelsen and June Schlueter

Published Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Toe to toe across Maid Lane: repertorial competition at the Rose and Globe, 1599-1600 / Roslyn L. Knutson -- The study of Shakespearean playbooks / Jay L. Halio -- "The difference betwixt reporting and representing": Thomas Heywood and the playgoer's imagination / Alan C. Dessen -- "The stage is hung with black": When did Melpomene lose her identity? / Andrew Gurr -- Shakespeare: rough or smooth? / Maurice Charney -- Privileging the spiritual: performers, Shakespeare's plays, and the uses of theater / John Timpane -- Performing Apemantus in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens / Frances K. Barasch -- King Lear, Act 3: storming the stage / Charles A. Hallett -- Placing the audience at risk: realizing the design of Massinger's The Roman actor / Edward L. Rocklin -- "I'm not a feminist director, but . . .": recent feminist productions of The taming of the shrew / Michael D. Friedman -- "So what?": two postmodern adaptations of Shakespearean tragedies / NaomI C. Liebler -- Shakespeare's body: Robert Lepage's slippery Dream / Samuel Crowl -- Trevor Nunn's The merchant of Venice: Portia's house of mystery, magic, and menace / Kenneth S. Rothwell -- The lady vanishes or, the incredible shrinking Gertrude / J. Anthony Burton -- Childhood dreams and nightmares: children in productions of A midsummer night's dream / Miranda Johnson-Haddad -- Teen Shakespeare: 10 things I hate about you and O / Alexander Leggatt Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporaries. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history. English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism. Theater -- England -- History. Genre/Form Festschriften. Film adaptations. Author Lusardi, James P. Nelsen, Paul, 1947- Schlueter, June. LC no. 2005016273 ISBN 0838640591 (alk. paper) 9780838640593

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