Shaughnessy Robert (University Of Kent Uk) - Shakespeare In The Theatre: The National Theatre 1963 1975 Olivier And Hall - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The National Theatre's years at the Old Vic were the most Shakespearean period in its history one which included Laurence Olivier's Othello and Shylock a radical all - male As You Like It the Berliner Ensemble's Coriolanus and Tom Stoppard's classic offshoot Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead. Drawing extensively upon the company archives this book tells the interlinked stories of the National's relationship with Shakespeare through a series of production case studies. Between them these illuminate Olivier's significance as actor and director the National's pioneering accommodation of European theatre practitioners and its ways of engaging Shakespeare with the contemporary.
Title: Shakespeare In The Theatre: The National Theatre 1963 1975 Olivier And Hall
Author(s): Shaughnessy Robert (University Of Kent Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781474241038
Pages: 264 Pages, 5 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 5/28/2020
Series: Shakespeare in the Theatre
Category: Shakespeare Studies & Criticism