Shakespeare Shakespeare in Asia Contemporary Performance Edited by Dennis Kennedy Trinity College, Dublin
and Yong Li Lan National University of Singapore
Shakespeare, the world’s most popular dramatist, is produced and transformed in huge variety around the globe. This book investigates how Shakespeare is used in contemporary Asia, asking why countries as diverse as China, Japan and India have become interested in Shakespeare and how they have redefined his work. ‘This collection of essays is an invigorating conversation on its subject … In the best sense, this is a working collection, which offers readers inviting opportunities for further reflection, not least in the farflung work of its own participants.’ Tom Bishop, Shakespeare Quarterly 2014 229 x 152 mm 304pp 978-1-107-69373-9 Paperback £19.99 For all formats available, see
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Shakespeare’s Stage Traffic Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre Janet Clare University of Hull
Shakespeare’s Stage Traffic revisions and re-situates Shakespeare’s dramaturgy within the flourishing theatrical trade of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Challenging the traditional notion of Shakespeare as originator, each chapter examines particular plays demonstrating how
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throughout his career Shakespeare adapted, imitated and borrowed from the work of others. 2014 228 x 152 mm 314pp 978-1-107-04003-8 Hardback £65.00 For all formats available, see
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Reviewing Shakespeare Journalism and Performance from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Paul Prescott University of Warwick
Ranging from Garrick’s Macbeth in the 1740s to the World Shakespeare Festival in 2012, this is an engaging account of the ways in which theatre critics have responded to Shakespearean performance. Prescott provides new interpretive methods and case studies of great interest to students of Shakespeare, theatre and media studies. ‘Reviews of theatre performances are often regarded as transitory and of little weight. In this critically astute study, Paul Prescott rescues them from oblivion. The result is a book of genuine intellectual and social significance which makes an original and valuable contribution to cultural history.’ Stanley Wells, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust 2013 228 x 152 mm 224pp 1 table 978-1-107-02149-5 Hardback £55.00 For all formats available, see
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