Shakespeare's authentic performance texts : the case for staging from the First Folio / Graham Watts.
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TextPublisher: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, 2015Description: 277 pages ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780786497201 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism, Textual | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage historyDDC classification: 792.9'5 Summary: The only authentic edition of Shakespeare's works is the 'First Folio', published by his friends and colleagues in 1623. Graham Watts makes the case for staging and printing the plays as set in the 'Folio'. As well as a critique on the practices of modern editors, Watts includes sections on analysing and acting the text, how a complex character can be created by using the 'First Folio', and a director's approach to rehearsing a Shakespeare play.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The only authentic edition of Shakespeare's works is the 'First Folio', published by his friends and colleagues in 1623. Graham Watts makes the case for staging and printing the plays as set in the 'Folio'. As well as a critique on the practices of modern editors, Watts includes sections on analysing and acting the text, how a complex character can be created by using the 'First Folio', and a director's approach to rehearsing a Shakespeare play.
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