Popular Shakespeare: Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage

by Stephen Purcell

Contents Preface Acknowledgements Personal Narrative I: Ambiguous Applause Popular Shakespeares Personal Narrative II: Stand-up Shakespeare Text and Metatext: Shakespeare and Anachronism Personal Narrative III: Jeffrey Archer: The One That Got Away 'A Play Extempore': Interpolation, Improvisation, and Unofficial Speech Personal Narrative IV: A Bit Sexist 'It's Like a Shakespeare Play ': Parodic Appropriations of Shakespeare Personal Narrative V: Blasphemy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230577032
• ISBN13: 9780230577039
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"