Author : Stephen Purcell
Release : 2013-11-26
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 256/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare and Audience in Practice by : Stephen Purcell
Download or read book Shakespeare and Audience in Practice written by Stephen Purcell. This book was released on 2013-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in contemporary performance studies, and analyses the strategies employed both in the texts themselves and by modern theatre practitioners to position audiences in particular ways.