Shakespeare and the Authority of Performance
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| Management number | 233340490 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$19.18 | Model Number | 233340490 | ||
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This stimulating book asks how both text and performance are construed as vessels of authority, and finds that our understanding of Shakespearean performance retains a surprising sense of the possibility of being "faithful" to Shakespearean texts, and so to "Shakespeare." After an opening theoretical chapter, Worthen examines the relationship between text and performance in three activities: directing, acting, and scholarship. The book contributes to the scholarly study of acting and directing, and to the wider discourse of performance studies. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0521558999 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0521558990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 5.43 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches |
| Item Weight | 11.3 ounces |
| Print length | 268 pages |
| Publication date | October 13, 1997 |
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