an illustrated history of Shakespearian performance Speaight, Robert 1904-1976 creator text bibliography enk Boston Little, Brown 1973 monographic eng

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304 pages : illustration (part col.) ; 26 cm. This book begins at the Globe Theatre, describing performances there and at the Blackfriars as we know or conjecture them to have been from historical documents. Eighteenth-century tastes were different, and the author shows how Shakespeare's plays were adapted and often considerably altered over the following centuries. Speaight recreates famous productions from the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Preface --The Wooden O --The eminent tragedians --Lyceum nights --In America --France and Italy --Germany and Russia -- The challengers --Actors and institutions --On and off Broadway --The animateurs --European round-up -- The war years --The open stage --Foreigners, and a five-year plan --Royal Shakespeare. Robert Speaight. Bibliography: pages (295-296). Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Stage history Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 PR 3091 S741s 1973 822.3/3 73179661 DLC 740109 20230411090141.0 2201549 spa