The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (Routledge Companions) [Kindle Edition]

John Russell Brown (Author, Editor)

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Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatres most talented directors have brought Shakespeares plays to the stage. These studies chart the extraordinary feats of interpretation behind some of the most acclaimed productions of the last hundred years.

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John Russell Brown　has directed plays in England, the USA and around the world; he was an Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre for fifteen years and has chaired the Drama Panel of the Arts Council of Great Britain. He is author of numerous works on Shakespeare and contemporary theatre, including New Sites for Shakespeare (Routledge, 1999) and Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event (2002); 　he is editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (1995).

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• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1298 KB
• Publisher: T & F Books UK; 1 edition (June 20, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002E6IK9G
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful Resource, August 17, 2009

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This review is from: The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (Routledge Companions) (Hardcover)

A solid work and useful resource. 31 directors (including Orson Welles, Julie Taymor, and others) are surveyed in detailed accounts: career, approaches to Shakespeare and theatre, key ideas.