Preface The art of the theatre Drama as opera New lamps for old What has happened: now read on The problem of Hamlet The parties themselves, the actors A pair of star-crossed lovers Reality and artifice Antike Romans The director clarifies Falstaff and the House of Lancaster Two comedies translated Conclusions Appendix: Cast lists of …
Series editors’ preface Editor’s note List of productions Introduction Much Ado About Nothing and commentary Bibliography
List of characters Measure for Measure A problem play? The writer in his time The powerful and the powerless Justice and mercy Sex and sexuality The language of Measure for Measure Setting and staging William Shakespeare
List of illustrations Preface Introduction The play and its date The coercive Chorus Context and sources Structure and language Staging and stage history Note on the text List of characters The play Textual analysis Appendices Theatre sources: The Famous Victories Historical sources: Holinshed’s Chronicles Background sources: Richard Crompton, The Mansion of Magnanimitie Reading list
List of characters Macbeth What is the play about The contexts of Macbeth Characters Witches and witchcraft The language of Macbeth Macbeth in performance William Shakespeare
Introduction Pia Kleber Questions concerning Brecht Manfred Wekwerth The origins, aims and objectives of the Berliner Ensemble Joachim Tenschert Two generations of post-Brechtian playwrights in the German Democratic Republic (Rolf Rohmer) Productions of Brecht’s plays on the West German stage, 1945-1986 Klaus Völker Ups and downs of British Brecht John Willett Crossing the desert: Brecht …
Heroic Imagery in the Literature of the Third Reich Rudolf G. Binding and the Memory of the Great War Josef Magnus Wehner and the Dream of a New Reich Hans Zöberlein: The Heritage of the Front as Third Reich Prophecy Edwin Erich Dwinger: Germany’s Iconic Literacy Anti-Bolshevik Hitler’s Muse: The Political Aesthetics of the Poet …
A Brecht calendar A note on titles Preface
Foreword Cicely Berry Preface to the new edition Introduction[rtoc] Using this book The organisation and content of the eight chapters Developing the use of drama to teach Shakespeare The teacher’s autonomy[/rtoc] Section 1: Active teaching Why use active methods to teach the plays?[rtoc] The North Face of Shakespeare The problem of monumentalism The teacher repositioned: …
p. xix “I engage largely, but not exclusively, with dramatic Western art music of the later nineteenth century and Hollywood film music post-1970.” Introduction: the leitmotif problem Part I: Musical Themes Motive, phrase, melody and theme Thematic development, thematic identity: musical themes and the prototype model Part II: Musical Association The phenomenon of musical association …
Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Cultural and Social Setting Roy Shaw and Gwen Shaw[rtoc] Wartime beginnings Post-war achievements and disillusion Cultural democracy: a mixed blessing? Radio, television, and the press The consumer society The youth culture phenomenon The permissive society The Arts Council Class, the New Left, and education Pressure groups in …
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Part I: The Social and Cultural Setting The Later Victorian Age Asa Briggs[rtoc] The reign in review Vantage points The three parts of the reign Late-Victorian Victorian critics of Victorianism Changing assessments Tendencies and trends The sense of change The growth of population and wealth Cities and countryside The provinces London Communications Political change Cultural …
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Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting Romantics to Early Victorians David Punter[rtoc] Global and imperial influences European influences Context for the arts: patronage and the market Print and the development of literacy The Romantic experience Heroes and hero-worship Countryside: escape and preservation Rediscovery and the remaking of history Impact of scientific and technological development …
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