Shakespeare and the Staging of English History

by Janette Dillon

Book Overview

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the
history plays. Through close analysis of stage practice and stage picture, the book builds a profile of the kinds of writing and staging that characterise a Shakespearean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199593159
• ISBN13: 9780199593156
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9"