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Shakespeare and the Authority of Performance

By William B. Worthen

Book information

Year
1997
ISBN
0521558999, 052155134X, 0511583192, 0511005288, 9780511005282, 9780511583193, 9780521551342, 9780521558990
LCC
PR3091 .W67 1997
Open Library ID
OL1005771M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1412675 bytes)
Pages
265\265
DPI
300
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This stimulating book asks how both text and performance are construed as vessels of authority, and finds that our understanding of Shakespearean performance retains a surprising sense of the possibility of being "faithful" to Shakespearean texts, and so to "Shakespeare." After an opening theoretical chapter, Worthen examines the relationship between text and performance in three activities: directing, acting, and scholarship. The book contributes to the scholarly study of acting and directing, and to the wider discourse of performance studies.

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