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(0)John Russell Brown
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University paperback drama book volume UP239
Publisher
Methuen
Language
English
Description
"The comedies of Shakespeare have received substantially less critical attention than the tragedies or the histories. Dr. Brown's account of the comedies succeeds in isolating the distinctive genre as well as acknowledging the capriciousness and astonishing vitality of invention which Shakespeare brought to it."--Back cover
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Series
Studies in English literature volume 14
Publisher
E. Arnold
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English
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Publisher
Focal Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Language
English
Description
This major introductory textbook is from one of the leading educators working in theatre today. It will make readers better playgoers, responding more fully to performance, with a keener appreciation of all the resources of theatre-acting, design, direction, organization, theatre buildings, and audiences.
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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
John Russell Brown outlines his passionate belief in the power of theatre to reach mass audiences based on his experiences of popular Asian performances. His argument is in favour of the kind of audience-experience people felt in Shakespeare's day.
18) The white devil
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English
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The White Devil (full original title: The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan) is a tragedy by English playwright John Webster (c. 1580 — c. 1634). The story is loosely based on an event in Italy thirty years prior to the play's composition: the murder of Vittoria Accoramboni in Padua on 22 December 1585. Webster's dramatisation of this...
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English
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The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy, first presented circa 1613. John Webster's great Jacobean drama focuses on a secret marriage that strikes the disastrous spark to an inferno of violence. When the Duchess of Malfi marries Antonio, a household steward, her two fiendishly jealous brothers ― hoping to inherit her title and estates ― plant a household...
20) Twelfth night
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Language
English
Description
Includes an overview of Shakespeare's theatrical career, commentary on past productions, and a scene-by-scene analysis accompany Shakespeare's play about unrequited love and mistaken identity.