Shakespeare : seven tragedies revisited : the dramatist's manipulation of response
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Shakespeare : seven tragedies revisited : the dramatist's manipulation of response
Palgrave, c2002
2nd ed
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- : hardback
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Previous ed. published as: Shakespeare, seven tragedies. London : Macmillan, 1976
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
New edition with additional chapters on Henry V and As you like it
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Description
This classic text, reprinted several times since its first publication in 1976, has been extensively revised in this new edition and includes new chapters on Henry V, As You Like It, and on 'the study of the audience and the study of response'. Both readers and actors/theatre-goers will find will find it opens up new ways of looking at the plays and at the mechanisms that underpin some of the most magical moments in Shakespeare's plays.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition A Note on Dates and Definitions Introduction: Shakespeare and the Study of Response Impressions of 'Character' Response and Dramatic Perspective Sympathy for Brutus Hamlet as Observer and Consciousness Secret Motives in Othello Lear's Mind Macbeth : The Murderer as Victim Antony versus Cleopatra The Clarity of Coriolanus Henry V: The Rabbit and the Duck The Charm of As You Like It The Study of the Audience and the Study of Response Conclusion Notes Index of Names Index of Technical Terms
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