Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays

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This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Wells's accomplishments include editing the entire canon of Shakespeare plays for the ground-breaking Oxford Shakespeare and over his lifetime, Wells has made significant contributions to debates over literary criticism of the works, genre study, textual theory, Shakespeare's afterlife in the theatre, and contemporary performance. The volume is introduced by Peter Holland and its thirty chapters are divided into themed sections: "Shakespearian Influences," "Essays on Particular Works," "Shakespeare in the Theatre," and "Shakespeare's Text." An afterword by Margreta de Grazia concludes the volume. Cover Shakespeare on Page & Stage Copyright EDITORIAL PREFACE CONTENTS Introduction Part I: SHAKESPEARIAN INFLUENCES 1: Shakespeare: Man of the European Renaissance 2: Tales from Shakespeare Editions cited (a) Charles and Mary Lamb (b) Other authors Part II: ESSAYS ON PARTICULAR WORKS 3: The Failure of The Two Gentlemen of Verona 4: The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear: A Structural Comparison 5: The Integration of Violent Action in Titus Andronicus 6: The Challenges of Romeo and Juliet 7: Juliet’s Nurse: The Uses of Inconsequentiality 8: The Lamentable Tale of Richard II 9: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Revisited 10: Translations in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 11: The Once and Future King Lear 12: Problems of Stagecraft in The Tempest The opening scene Text versus spectacle? The ship as microcosm Problems of narrative and character Dramatizing moral contrasts The love-test and betrothal Masque as medium—and as message Crisis, calculation—and renunciation 13: ‘My Name is Will’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Autobiography 14: Shakespeare Without Sources I II III IV V VI 15: Shakespeare and Romance Part III: SHAKESPEARE IN THE THEATRE 16: Boys Should be Girls: Shakespeare’s Female Roles and the Boy Players The question of the ‘adult’ women The scant surviving evidence The late plays The case of the Dream A conclusion 17: Staging Shakespeare’s Ghosts 18: Staging Shakespeare’s Apparitionsand Dream Visions Introduction 19: Shakespeare in Planché’s Extravaganzas I II III IV 20: Shakespeare in Max Beerbohm’s Theatre Criticism 21: Shakespeare in Leigh Hunt’s Theatre Criticism 22: Shakespeare in Hazlitt’s Theatre Criticism 23: Peter Hall’s Coriolanus,  Part IV: SHAKESPEARE’S TEXT 24: On Being a General Editor 25: Editorial Treatment of Foul-Paper Texts: Much Ado About Nothing as Test Case II III IV V VI VII VIII 26: Money in Shakespeare’s Comedies 27: To Read a Play: The Problem of Editorial Intervention 28: The First Folio: Where Should We be Without it? II 29: The Limitations of the First Folio Afterword NOTES 1. Shakespeare: Man of the European Renaissance 2. Tales from Shakespeare 3. The Failure of The Two Gentlemen of Verona 4. The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear: A Structural Comparison 5. The Integration of Violent Action in Titus Andronicus 6. The Challenges of Romeo and Juliet 7. Juliet’s Nurse: The Uses of Inconsequentiality 8. The Lamentable Tale of Richard II 9. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Revisited 10. Translations in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 11. The Once and Future King Lear 12. Problems of Stagecraft in The Tempest 13. My Name is Will’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Autobiography 14. Shakespeare Without Sources 15. Shakespeare and Romance 16. Boys Should be Girls: Shakespeare’s Female Roles and the Boy Players 17. Staging Shakespeare’s Ghosts 18. Staging Shakespeare’s Apparitions and Dream Visions 19. Shakespeare in Planché’s Extravaganzas 20. Shakespeare in Max Beerbohm’s Theatre Criticism 21. Shakespeare in Leigh Hunt’s Theatre Criticism 22. Shakespeare in Hazlitt’s Theatre Criticism 23. Peter Hall’s Coriolanus,  24. On Being a General Editor 25. Editorial Treatment of Foul-Paper Texts: Much Ado About Nothing as Test Case 26. Money in Shakespeare’s Comedies 27. To Read a Play: The Problem of Editorial Intervention 28. The First Folio: Where Should We be Without it? 29. The Limitations of the First Folio SELECT LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Books Edited Works Articles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX Пустая страница Пустая страница