Shakespeare on Theatre

by William Shakespeare

Overview

SHAKESPEARE ON THEATRE

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623160340
Publisher:	Subtext
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB

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