William Shakespeare

by John Russell Brown

Book Overview

Written for performance, Shakespeare's plays are very different texts from any intended for a reader with book in hand and they require a different kind of attention. John Russell Brown's latest book attempts a description of Shakespeare's distinctive practice as a writer for the stage and, in doing so, suggests ways of responding to the plays which bring them alive in the mind as if in performance. It is a book for use, to quicken both eye and ear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333639227
• ISBN13: 9780333639221
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"