2002
Postmodernism
The rise of postmodernism New ways of seeing the world Politics and identity The culture of postmodernism The ‘postmodern condition’
Poststructuralism
Creatures of difference Difference and culture Difference and desire Difference or truth? Dissent
David Greig: Plays 1
Chronology Introduction Dan Rebellato
Feydeau: Plays 2
Chronology Introduction Kenneth McLeish
Bacchai
Introduction Edith Hall
Anton Chekhov: Plays
Introduction Richard Gilman Further Reading Chronology Ronald Wilks Translator’s Note Peter Carson Glossary
Free
Part of the National Theatre’s 2002 Transformation series
Shakespeare For All Time
Signed: “Harold – Stanley Wells – on the occasion of the Great Shakespeare Debate, 2006! Stratford-upon-Avon 22 February, 2006” Preface Shakespeare and Stratford Shakespeare in London Shakespeare the Writer The Growth of the Legend: 1623-1744 The Age of Garrick: Shakespeare Celebrated: 1741-1789 Regency and Romanticism: 1789-1843 Victorian Shakespeare: 1843-1904 From Victoria to Elizabeth: 1903-1952 Shakespeare …
Shakespeare at Stratford: The Winter’s Tale
Introduction Sicilia Sicilia: Chambers and Prisons Hermione’s chamber: ‘A sad tale’s best for winter’ The prison: ‘My poor prisoner, / I am as innocent as you’ Leontes’ chamber: ‘Nor night, nor day, nor rest’ Open Spaces ‘Hasting to the’ court’ ‘A just and open trial’ ‘Some remote and desert place’ Time: ‘I that please some, …
Henry IV, Part I
Introduction: Shakespeare – Playwright, Actor and Actor’s Playwright Colin Nicholson Characters Cast of Chimes at Midnight (dir. Patrick Garland, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1998) Foreword Prelude: Carnival Act One Act Two Act Three Act Four Act Five