Shakespeare's dramatic transactions
Michael E. Mooney (Author)
Shakespeare's Dramatic Transactions uses conventions of performance criticism-staging and theatrical presentation-to analyze seven major Shakespearean tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard II, and Richard III. As scholars and readers increasingly question the theoretical models used to describe the concepts of "mimesis" and "representation," this book describes how the actor's stage presentation affects the actor's representational role and the ways in which viewers experience Shakespearean tragedy. Michael Mooney draws on the work of East German critic R
History
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages)
9780822382836, 9780822310396, 0822382830, 0822310392
191222364
Integrating Actor and Audience
Language, Staging, and ''Affect'': Figurenposition in Richard III
Engagement and Detachment in Richard II
Representation and Privileged Knowledge in Hamlet
Location and Idiom in Othello
Multiconsciousness in King Lear
Voice and Multiple Awareness in Macbeth
Directing Sympathy in Antony and Cleopatra