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Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage

2008-11-06 Drama
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Release : 2008-11-06
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage by : Richard Foulkes

Download or read book Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage written by Richard Foulkes. This book was released on 2008-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this book constitute a concerted account of the place of Shakespeare in the Victorian theatre and the cultural life of the country in the nineteenth century. They explore the changing styles of acting and staging used for Shakespeare's plays by Macready, Charles Kean, the Irvings, Ellen Terry and Beerbohm Tree, and examine Shakespeare's influence on Victorian dramatists (Sheridan Knowles, Albery and W.S. Gilbert) and the relationship between the stage and the allied arts of painting (David Scott, the Pre-Raphaelites and Alma-Tadema) and music (Sullivan). During Queen Victoria's reign Shakespeare's plays attracted new audiences from the court at Windsor to such rapidly expanding conurbations as Leicester and Sheffield. In France, Germany, Italy and the New World, Shakespeare effectively became an ambassador of Britain's growing power and influence. The book develops a fascinating and well-illustrated account of these changes.

Shakespeare's Victorian Stage

1998-08-20 Drama
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Release : 1998-08-20
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Victorian Stage by : Richard W. Schoch

Download or read book Shakespeare's Victorian Stage written by Richard W. Schoch. This book was released on 1998-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the revivals of Shakespeare's history plays during the Victorian period, as staged by the famous actor-manager Charles Kean. Between 1852 and 1859, Kean produced celebrated productions of Henry V, Henry VIII, King John, Macbeth and Richard II, renowned for their unprecendented attention to antiquarian detail in sets, costumes, and properties (many of which are shown in the book's illustrations). These productions provided audiences with an unparalleled opportunity to participate in the Victorian obsession with history, especially of the medieval period. Using valuable primary sources, including promptbooks, scenic designs, costume sketches and contemporary reviews, Richard Schoch places mid-Victorian attitudes towards the theatre in the context of major intellectual and political movements of the age. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of theatre history, Shakespeare studies and Victorian culture.

The Art of the Victorian Stage

1907 Actors
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Release : 1907
Genre : Actors
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Book Synopsis The Art of the Victorian Stage by : Alfred Darbyshire

Download or read book The Art of the Victorian Stage written by Alfred Darbyshire. This book was released on 1907. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals

2011-02-11 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2011-02-11
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals by : Kathryn Prince

Download or read book Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals written by Kathryn Prince. This book was released on 2011-02-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive archival research, Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals offers an entirely new perspective on popular Shakespeare reception by focusing on articles published in Victorian periodicals. Shakespeare had already reached the apex of British culture in the previous century, becoming the national poet of the middle and upper classes, but during the Victorian era he was embraced by more marginal groups. If Shakespeare was sometimes employed as an instrument of enculturation, imposed on these groups, he was also used by them to resist this cultural hegemony.

The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare

2020-11-05 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2020-11-05
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare by : Charles LaPorte

Download or read book The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare written by Charles LaPorte. This book was released on 2020-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Victorian era, William Shakespeare's work was often celebrated as a sacred text: a sort of secular English Bible. Even today, Shakespeare remains a uniquely important literary figure. Yet Victorian criticism took on religious dimensions that now seem outlandish in retrospect. Ministers wrote sermons based upon Shakespearean texts and delivered them from pulpits in Christian churches. Some scholars crafted devotional volumes to compare his texts directly with the Bible's. Still others created Shakespearean societies in the faith that his inspiration was not like that of other playwrights. Charles LaPorte uses such examples from the Victorian cult of Shakespeare to illustrate the complex relationship between religion, literature and secularization. His work helps to illuminate a curious but crucial chapter in the history of modern literary studies in the West, as well as its connections with Biblical scholarship and textual criticism.

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