Shakespeare's Plays in Performance

John Russell Brown demonstrates just how much is in Shakespeare's texts; how the language is awakened, colored, emphasized, sensualized and extended in performance. Shakespeare's intended readers were his collaborators, not his commentators. Brown invites all Shakespeare lovers to seek their insights in Shakespeare's natural habitat: the stage.

List of Plates

iv

Acknowledgements

v

Note on the Third Edition of 1993

vii

Introduction

ix

PART ONE: THE TEXT AND THE ACTORS

Verbal Drama

1

(15)

Acting

16

(16)

Gestures and Business

32

(10)

Subtext

42

(17)

Shakespearian Actors

59

(4)

Creating a Role: Shylock

63

(23)

Playing for Laughs: the Last Plays

86

(22)

Interplay

108

(25)

PART TWO: ACTION AND THE STAGE

Narrative and Focus: Richard II

133

(16)

Setting, Grouping, Movement and Tempo: Hamlet

149

(19)

Stage Shows

168

(19)

PART THREE: THE PLAY AND THE AUDIENCE

Plays in Performance

187

(38)

APPENDICES

i. The Theatrical Element of Shakespeare Criticism

197

(13)

ii. The Nature of Speech in Shakespeare's Plays

210

(15)

Notes

225

(8)

Index

233

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