Purcell Webster: The White Devil

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00578-6
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Shakespeare Handbooks

The White Devil is one of the great plays of the Jacobean era. In this vibrant Handbook, Stephen Purcell offers an in-depth, performance-focused exploration of John Webster's thrilling, unsettling and darkly comic tragedy. The Handbook includes:• a scene-by-scene commentary on the play as it unfolds on stage • an overview of the play's cultural context• excerpts from historical sources• case studies of four modern productions, featuring interviews with directors• an outline of key critical writings on the play, from the seventeenth century through to today.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purcell, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface PrefaceThe Text and First Performances Intellectual and Cultural Context Commentary: The Play in PerformanceKey Performances and ProductionsCritical Assessments Further Reading Index

Über Autor(innen)

STEPHEN PURCELL Assistant Professor in English at the University of Warwick, UK. His previous publications include Popular Shakespeare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and he is a professional director and Artistic Director of 'The Pantaloons'.