Shakespeare's History Plays Performance, Translation and Adaptation in Britain and Abroad |
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| Editor:
| Hoenselaars, Ton |
| Foreword by:
| Kennedy, Dennis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03548-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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This volume, with a foreword by Dennis Kennedy, addresses a range of attitudes to Shakespeare's English history plays in Britain and abroad from the early seventeenth century to the present day. Concentrating on the play texts as well as productions, translations and adaptations of them, it explores the multiple points of intersection between the English history they recount, and the experience of British and other national cultures. By presenting the British and foreign Shakespeare...
More DescriptionThis volume, with a foreword by Dennis Kennedy, addresses a range of attitudes to Shakespeare's English history plays in Britain and abroad from the early seventeenth century to the present day. Concentrating on the play texts as well as productions, translations and adaptations of them, it explores the multiple points of intersection between the English history they recount, and the experience of British and other national cultures. By presenting the British and foreign Shakespeare traditions side by side, this volume seeks to promote a more finely integrated world Shakespeare.