Shakespeare: The Two TraditionsThe two traditions -- Shakespeare on stage and Shakespeare on film -- have experienced a midair collision with postmodernism. The purpose of Shakespeare is to examine recent productions of Shakespeare on stage and film and to lay out some interpretive guidelines for responding to the scripts as re-created in these two very different formats and within the conflicted environment of shifting critical paradigms. Illustrated. |
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Shakespeare on Stage | 45 |
The Shakespeare Theatres Henry V and Henry VI and the Public Theaters Henry VI | 47 |
Three Tempests and One Macbeth | 77 |
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