What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in contemporary performance studies, and analyses the strategies employed both in the texts themselves and by modern theatre practitioners to position audiences in particular ways.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
0230364039
ISBN-13
9780230364035
eBay Product ID (ePID)
182992343
Product Key Features
Author
Stephen Purcell
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Dimensions
Height
216mm
Width
138mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Basingstoke
Series Title
Shakespeare in Practice
Content Note
216 P.
Author Biography
Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on Shakespeare in contemporary performance and popular culture. His publications include Popular Shakespeare (2009) and The White Devil (2012) in The Shakespeare Handbooks series.