Shakespeare, From Page to Stage An Anthology

This collection of twelve Shakespearean plays seeks to bring Shakespeare alive through a combination of innovative approaches that treat the plays as "scripts intended for performance" rather than as dull, dry, lifeless historical documents. This is the only book on the market that combines literary and theatrical techniques in a way that engages readersrs" interest and helps present the characters, situations, and language of the plays in a personal, visceral, and exciting fashion.The twelve popular and frequently performed plays included areA Midsummer Night'sDream,The Taming of the Shrew,MuchAdoAbout Nothing,Twelfth Night,TheMerchant ofVenice,Henry IV Part I,Romeo and Juliet,Macbeth,Hamlet,Othello,King Lear, andThe Tempest.For anyone interested in Shakespeare and his most popular and oft-performed plays. Teachers and producers/directors of dramatic productions will especially appreciate the attention given to each script's language, imagery, cultural/historical context, and staging possibilities.

School Affiliations: The author is a Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield, where he is also Director of University Honors Programs, Head Judo and Self-Defense Instructor, and Assistant Coach of the Women's Tennis Team. For the past twenty summers, he's also been Company Dramaturg for the Tony-Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, Utah, where he's been on the design teams for over ninety professional productions of Shakespeare's plays. Since he has a doctorate in English literature from the University of Chicago, over thirty years' experience teaching the plays in the college classroom, many publications to his credit, and twenty years' service as a dramaturg in professional theatre, he has the expertise necessary to bring these plays to life for today's generation of students.

Honors and Awards: He's won a number of teaching awards, the most prestigious of which have been Carnegie Foundation United States Professor of the Year (1995), Outstanding Professor for the twenty-campus California State University System (1993), a $20,000 CSU Wang Family Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1999), and a recent California Senate Resolution honoring him for "twenty-two years of excellence in teaching" (2004).

Preface

v

The Taming of the Shrew

1

(85)

Research and Discussion Topics

77

(2)

Filmography

79

(3)

Annotated Bibliography

82

(4)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

86

(67)

Research and Discussion Topics

145

(1)

Filmography

146

(3)

Annotated Bibliography

149

(4)

The Merchant of Venice

153

(78)

Research and Discussion Topics

223

(3)

Filmography

226

(2)

Annotated Bibliography

228

(3)

Much Ado About Nothing

231

(74)

Research and Discussion Topics

297

(2)

Filmography

299

(1)

Annotated Bibliography

300

(5)

Twelfth Night

305

(72)

Research and Discussion Topics

368

(2)

Filmography

370

(4)

Annotated Bibliography

374

(3)

King Henry the Fourth, Part I

377

(85)

Research and Discussion Topics

454

(2)

Filmography

456

(2)

Annotated Bibliography

458

(4)

Hamlet

462

(111)

Research and Discussion Topics

560

(2)

Filmography

562

(5)

Annotated Bibliography

567

(6)

Othello

573

(101)

Research and Discussion Topics

666

(2)

Filmography

668

(3)

Annotated Bibliography

671

(3)

King Lear

674

(95)

Research and Discussion Topics

761

(2)

Filmography

763

(3)

Annotated Bibliography

766

(3)

Macbeth

769

(74)

Research and Discussion Topics

834

(2)

Filmography

836

(4)

Annotated Bibliography

840

(3)

The Tempest

843

(64)

Research and Discussion Topics

901

(1)

Filmography

902

(3)

Annotated Bibliography

905

(2)

Selected Sonnets

907

(9)

Appendix A Reading Shakespeare Aloud: A Brief Guide for the Anxious

916

(4)

Appendix B Glossary

920

(13)

About the Author

933

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Shakespeare, From Page to Stage An Anthology of the Most Popular Plays and Sonnets

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