The Shakespeare Effect: A History of Twentieth-Century Performance

Shaughnessy, R.

This lively and provocative study offers a radical reappraisal of a century of Shakespearean theatre. Topics addressed include modernist Shakespearean performance's relation with psychoanalysis, the hidden gender dynamics of the open stage movement, and the appropriation of Shakespeare himself as a dramatic fiction and theatrical icon.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-06-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333779378

DOI: 10.1057/9781403913661

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 221