Shakespeare on Theatre
Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems.

Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces – including “All the world's a stage ” Hamlet's encounters with the Players, and Bottom's amateur theatricals – along with many other oblique but no less revealing glances, and further insights into theatre practice by Shakespeare's contemporaries and rivals.

De Somogyi's commentary takes us through the entire process of Shakespeare's theatrical production, from its casting and auditions, via rehearsals, costumes, and props, to its premiere and audience reception.

Shakespeare on Theatre eavesdrops on the urgently whispered noises-off in the “tiring-house” and inhales the heady aroma of the Globe's first audiences.
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Shakespeare on Theatre
Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems.

Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces – including “All the world's a stage ” Hamlet's encounters with the Players, and Bottom's amateur theatricals – along with many other oblique but no less revealing glances, and further insights into theatre practice by Shakespeare's contemporaries and rivals.

De Somogyi's commentary takes us through the entire process of Shakespeare's theatrical production, from its casting and auditions, via rehearsals, costumes, and props, to its premiere and audience reception.

Shakespeare on Theatre eavesdrops on the urgently whispered noises-off in the “tiring-house” and inhales the heady aroma of the Globe's first audiences.
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Shakespeare on Theatre

Shakespeare on Theatre

by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Theatre

Shakespeare on Theatre

by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems.

Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces – including “All the world's a stage ” Hamlet's encounters with the Players, and Bottom's amateur theatricals – along with many other oblique but no less revealing glances, and further insights into theatre practice by Shakespeare's contemporaries and rivals.

De Somogyi's commentary takes us through the entire process of Shakespeare's theatrical production, from its casting and auditions, via rehearsals, costumes, and props, to its premiere and audience reception.

Shakespeare on Theatre eavesdrops on the urgently whispered noises-off in the “tiring-house” and inhales the heady aroma of the Globe's first audiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623160326
Publisher: Subtext
Publication date: 04/01/2013
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Nick de Somogyi is founding editor of the Globe Quartos, editor of the Shakespeare Folio Series, and visiting curator at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Dr. de Somogyi resides in Cambridge, England.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Prologues and Inductions 1

1 Auditions, Casting, and Parts 27

2 Learning Lines and Rehearsing Roles 47

3 Props and Costumes, Notes and Rewrites 67

Interlude: A 'Finished' Script 97

4 Theatres and Scenery 109

5 Fluffs, Prompts, Cues, and Snags 127

6 Audiences, Critics, and Tours 145

Epilogues and Afterlives 173

Glossary 189

Select Bibliography 207

Epigraph Sources 209

Index of Works Cited 211

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