The theatre of Shelley /
"This is the first full-length study of Shelley's plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley's role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his 'closet dramas' as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shel...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Open Book Publishers,
2010.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "This is the first full-length study of Shelley's plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley's role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his 'closet dramas' as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley's dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet's stagecraft, and analyses performances of his plays from the Georgian period to today. In addition, Mulhallen offers details of the productions Shelley saw in England and Italy, many not identified before, as well as a vivid account of the actors and personalities that constituted the theatrical scene of his time. Her research reveals Shelley as an extraordinarily talented playwright, whose fascination with contemporary theatrical theory and practice seriously challenges the notion that he was a reluctant dramatist"--Page 4 of cover |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781906924324 1906924325 9781783740208 1783740205 2821817045 9782821817043 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-04-29). |