Staging Shakespeare av Brian Kulick

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This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you¿re going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now ¿ what do you do? I mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven¿t a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you prepare for such an equally wonderful and daunting task? This is the central question of this book. It grows out of decades of preparing for Shakespeare productions and watching others do the same. It will save you some of the panic, wasted time, and fruitless paths experienced. It guides you through the crucial period of preparation and helps focus on such issues as: · What Shakespeare¿s life, work, and world can tell us· What patterns to look for in the text· What techniques might help unpack Shakespeare¿s verse· What approaches might unlock certain hidden meanings· What literary lenses might bring thi