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Directors’ Shakespeare: Approaches to Twelfth Night

Preface Michael Billington Twelfth Night: a Stage History Approaches to Twelfth Night What Kind of Play? Seasons, Months and Days What is Illyria? A Displaced Englishness? Naturalism and Its Limits Emergence of the Themes Topical References – and Rhythms The Order of the Scenes The ‘Pressure Points’ of a Play The Choice of Period The …

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Introduction Magical Thinking Metamorphosis The Festive World ‘The Poet’s Eye … The Poet’s Pen’ About the Text Key Facts A Midsummer Night’s Dream Textual Notes Scene-by-Scene Analysis A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Performance: The RSC and Beyond Four Centuries of the Dream: An Overview At the RSC The Director’s Cut: Interviews with Michael Boyd, Gregory …

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