Talking to the audience : Shakespeare, performance, self

Bridget Escolme

This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's characters. By focusing specifically on the relationship between performer and audience, Talking to the Audience examines what happens when the audience are in the presence of a dramatic figure who knows they are there. It is a book concerned with theatrical illusion; with the pleasures and disturbances of seeing 'characters' produced in the moment of performance. Through analysis of contemporary productions Talking to the Audience serves to demonstrate how the study of recent performance helps us to understand both Shakespeare's cultural moment and our own. Its exploration of how theory and practice can inform each other make this essential reading for all those studying Shakespeare in either a literary or theatrical context.

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This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's characters. By focusing specifically on the relationship between performer and audience, Talking to the Audience examines what happens when the audience are in the presence of a dramatic figure who knows they are there. It is a book concerned with theatrical illusion; with the pleasures and disturbances of seeing 'characters' produced in the moment of performance. Through analysis of contemporary productions Talking to the Audience serves to demonstrate how the study of recent performance helps us to understand both Shakespeare's cultural moment and our own. Its exploration of how theory and practice can inform each other make this essential reading for all those studying Shakespeare in either a literary or theatrical context.

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[目次]

  • Acknowledgments 1.Actors, Academics, Selves
  • 2. 'Bits and Bitterness': Politics, Performance, "Troilus and Cressida" 3. The Point or the Question: Text, Performance, Hamlet 4. The Theatre and the Presence Chamber: History, Performance, Richard II 5. Performing Human: The SocA--etas Raffaello Sanzio Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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[目次]

  • Acknowledgments 1.Actors, Academics, Selves
  • 2. 'Bits and Bitterness': Politics, Performance, "Troilus and Cressida" 3. The Point or the Question: Text, Performance, Hamlet 4. The Theatre and the Presence Chamber: History, Performance, Richard II 5. Performing Human: The SocA--etas Raffaello Sanzio Conclusion Notes Bibliography

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この本の情報

書名 Talking to the audience : Shakespeare, performance, self
著作者等 Escolme Bridget
出版元 Routledge
刊行年月 2005
ページ数 xii, 192 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0415332230
0415332222
NCID BA71678982
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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