Harley Granville Barker
Prefaces to Shakespeare: King Lear
Shakespeare Alive! Richard Eyre Introduction The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text King Lear The Main Lines of Construction The Method of the Dialogue The Characters and Their Interplay Lear Goneril, Regan and Cordelia Kent The …
Prefaces to Shakespeare: King Lear, Cymbeline, Julius Caesar
List of illustrations Introduction to the illustrations Muriel St. Clare Byrne King Lear The main lines of construction The method of the dialogue The characters and their interplay Staging and costume The music The text Cymbeline The nature of the play The Blackfriars and its influence The play’s first staging The style of the play …
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Prefaces to Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
Introduction Richard Eyre Introduction Harley Granville Barker The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text The Merchant of Venice The construction of the play The Problem of ‘Double Time’ The True Problem Shakespeare’s Venice The Characters, and …
Prefaces to Shakespeare: Coriolanus
Introduction Richard Eyre Introduction Harley Granville Barker The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text Coriolanus The Characters Caius Marcius Volumnia Aufidius Menenius The Tribunes The Actions of the Play The Volscians Volumnia and Virgilia The War …
Prefaces to Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra
Introduction Richard Eyre Introduction Harley Granville Barker The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text Antony and Cleopatra The Play’s Construction The Main Problem and Some Minor Ones A Question of Act-Division A DIgression, mainly upon the …
Prefaces to Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Introduction Richard Eyre Introduction Harley Granville Barker The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text Romeo and Juliet The Conduct of the Action The Question of Act-Division Staging, Costume, Music, Text The Characters The Nurse Capulet The …
Prefaces to Shakespeare: Hamlet
Introduction Richard Eyre Introduction Harley Granville Barker The Study and the Stage Shakespeare’s Stagecraft The Convention of Place The Speaking of the Verse The Boy-Actress The Soliloquy Costume The Integrity of the Text Hamlet The Nature of the Play The Genius of the Workshop The Development of Hamlet The Nature of the Action The Five …