Shakespeare and Feminist Performance: Ideology on Stage

by Sarah Werner

Book Overview

How do performances of Shakespeare change the meanings of the plays?
In this controversial new book, Sarah Werner argues that the text of a Shakespeare play is only one of the many factors that give a performance its meaning. By focusing on The Royal Shakespeare Company, Werner demonstrates how actor training, company management and gender politics fundamentally affect both how a production is created and the interpretations it can suggest.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415227291
• ISBN13: 9780415227292
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"