{"product_id":"9781350201033","title":"Staging Shakespeare A Director's Guide to Preparing a Production","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStaging Shakespeare\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Director's Guide to Preparing a Production\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian Kulick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now … w\u003ci\u003ehat do you do? \u003c\/i\u003eI mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you prepare for such an equally wonderful and daunting task? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the central question of this book. It grows out of decades of preparing for Shakespeare productions and watching others do the same. It will save you some of the panic, wasted time, and fruitless paths experienced. It guides you through the crucial period of preparation and helps focus on such issues as: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e·         What Shakespeare's life, work, and world can tell us\u003cbr\u003e·         What patterns to look for in the text\u003cbr\u003e·         What techniques might help unpack Shakespeare's verse\u003cbr\u003e·         What approaches might unlock certain hidden meanings\u003cbr\u003e·         What literary lenses might bring things into sharper focus\u003cbr\u003e·         What secondary sources might lead to a broader contextual understanding\u003cbr\u003e·         What thought experiments might aid in visualizing the play\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, this book draws back the curtain and shows how the antique machinery of Shakespeare's theatre works. The imaginative time span begins from the moment you learn that on such and such date you will begin rehearsing such and such Shakespeare play. Our narrative clock starts ticking the moment you put down the phone and stops when you arrive at the rehearsal hall and begin your first table read. So much of what will be the success or failure of a director's project rests on this work that is done before rehearsals even begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrian Kulick\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chair of Columbia University's School of the Arts Theatre Program, where he also teaches directing with Anne Bogart. In addition to staging the works of Shakespeare, Brecht, and Tony Kushner, he has been the Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company and an ArtisticAssociate for The Public Theatre. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Theatrical Expression\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 August 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350201033\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369314353292,"sku":"9781350201033","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_57741abc-b45c-4e40-a5ce-17ae1cab9d20.jpg?v=1783878721","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350201033","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}