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Books on: shakespeare playwright

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Shakespeare the Playwright: A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances

Book by Victor L. Cahn; Praeger, 1996

Subjects:

Fiction, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks Manuals, Etc, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Examinations--Study Guides

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

When Victor Cahn's Shakespeare the Playwright was issued in 1991, it was "highly recommended for any general public library and for academic collections at all undergraduate levels" (Choice) and viewed as "a useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students" ...
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When Victor Cahn's Shakespeare the Playwright was issued in 1991, it was "highly recommended for any general public library and for academic collections at all undergraduate levels" (Choice) and viewed as "a useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students" Library Journal. Now Professor Cahn has revised his introduction to make the context of Shakespeare's plays more meaningful to the beginning researcher and to show how the plays have been performed from the 16th century onward. In addition, the bibliographies for each of the 37 plays have been updated to include the best new research. These updates and revisions will enhance the use of this guide for the general reader, student, and researcher, from high school onward.
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Shakspere as a Playwright

Book by Brander Matthews; C. Scribners Sons, 1913

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Technique

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

SHAKSPERE AS A PLAYWRIGHT SHAKSPERE AS A PLAYWRIGHT BY BRANDER MATTHEWS PROFESSOR OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE...philosopher and psychologist, Shakspere was first of all a playwright, composing plays to be performed by actors in a theater...
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Shakespeare Studies, Historical and Comparative in Method

Book by Elmer Edgar Stoll; Macmillan, 1927

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...acknowledges, a playwright was not supposed...all the world, Shakespeare does not assert...recorded in Shakespeares life-time which...praise of other playwrights shows little discrimination...generally in Shakespeares day, as in this...manager, and playwright -- but a successful...
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William Shakespeare: A Reader's Guide

Book by Alfred Harbage; Noonday Press, 1963

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Examinations--Study Guides

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...forgiveness were his failures as a playwright! In Shakespeare, then, literary allusiveness...interruptions are the rule. However, a playwright may imitate the superficial...exercise in ventriloquism. Shakespeares dialogue never does. However...
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Shakespeare: A Life

Book by Park Honan; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Dramatists, English--Early Modern, 1500-1700--Biography, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Biography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

In the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright.

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Journal Articles on: shakespeare playwright

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The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England

Journal article by A.R. Braunmuller; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...early modern English actor-playwrights--"Tarlton, Christopher Beeston...still greater, Jonson and Shakespeare, however poor or limited...presentation. Nora Johnsons Actor as Playwright merits thorough reading...book in which Tarlton and Shakespeare, assisted by Armin, become...
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Not Not Shakespeare: Directorial Adaptation, Authorship, and Ownership

Journal article by Cary M. Mazer; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005

Subjects:

Calarco, Joe--Works, Drama--Authorship, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Authorship, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of director and playwright in the theatrical...in the case of Shakespeares R J by Calarcos...setting? Director-playwright Calarco makes...his ownership of Shakespeares R J. Though he...credited adaptor-playwright, Calarco. Every...of course, by Shakespeare and the other...
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Coatlicue in Alaska: The Winter's Tale

Journal article by Janis Lull; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005

Subjects:

Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Shakespeare, William--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Works, The Winter's Tale (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...rather than resurrected? The playwright refuses to grant that death...too. He has enacted many Shakespearean roles, including Hamlet...must also be forgiven by the playwright and the audience for having...Winters Tale or any work by Shakespeare with an overcautious respect...
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Shakespeare, Performance, and Autobiographical Interventions

Journal article by Alexander Huang; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 24, 2006

Subjects:

Dramatic criticism--International aspects, King Lear (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Criticism and interpretation, Theater criticism--International aspects, Theater production--International aspects, Theater--International aspects, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical production--International aspects, Wu Hsing-kuo--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...that text onstage. The presence of the actor and his contemporary playwright--the same person in the case of this Lear--are accorded primacy. The repositioning of Shakespeares plays in autobiographical solo performances reasserts the value...
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Dislocating Shakespeare: Scene Locators and the Place of the Page

Journal article by Paul Menzer; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 24, 2006

Subjects:

Setting (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Criticism and interpretation, Stage management--Methods, Theater production--Methods, Theater--Methods, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical production--Methods

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...balcony scene" refers to stage architecture employed by the playwright who wrote the scene. (5) For a performance history of Twelfth...Tates Lear, see Nancy Klein Maguire in The Appropriation of Shakespeare: Post-Renaissance Reconstructions of the Works and the Myth...

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Magazine Articles on: shakespeare playwright

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The Tyranny of "May": The Life of the Great Playwright Remains as Mysterious as Ever, Finds John Sutherland

Magazine article by John Sutherland; New Statesman, Vol. 134, September 5, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Shakespeare: The Biography (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...May": The Life of the Great Playwright Remains as Mysterious as...by John Sutherland Shakespeare: the biography Peter Ackroyd...the third big biography of Shakespeare to appear in the past year...year in the life of William Shakespeare. Peter Ackroyd is no card-carrying...
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Shakespeare in a Strange Land

Magazine article by Todd London; American Theatre, Vol. 15, July 1998

Subjects:

English drama--Analysis, Film adaptations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Film and video adaptations

Collections: Entire Library

Shakespeare in a strange land...London Is the playwright of eternal pertinence...great Elizabethan playwright through the eyes...oblige. But is Shakespeare always our contemporary...the most-produced playwright in millennial America...a contemporary Shakespeare in a series of...
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William Shakespeare, You Stand Accused of Being a Crow, an Ape and a Thief; How Do You Plead?

Magazine article by Anthony Julius; New Statesman, Vol. 127, May 15, 1998

Subjects:

Dramatists--Authorship, Shakespeare, William--Authorship

Collections: Entire Library

...do know that Shakespeare so upset a fellow playwright, Robert Greene...offensive to Shakespeare both as actor and playwright. In classical...original" to the playwright in order that...not guarantee Shakespeares success in such...
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Shakespeare Dances

Magazine article by Clive Barnes; Dance Magazine, Vol. 68, November 1994

Subjects:

Choreography--Technique, Dance production--Technique, Shakespeare, William--Adaptations

Collections: Entire Library

...common mistake in approaching Shakespeare was simply to consider him "the greatest of playwrights, when in fact he was a different...altogether." There were, in effect, playwrights and there was Shakespeare. Certainly few men have ever...
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Shakespeare under Two Elizabeths

Magazine article by Ralph Berry; Contemporary Review, Vol. 281, July 2002

Subjects:

Authors, English--Appreciation, Elizabeth I, Queen of England--Influence, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom--Influence, England--Social aspects, Queens--England, Shakespeare, William--Appreciation, Theater--England

Collections: Entire Library

...Alvin Kernan, in Shakespeare, the Kings Playwright, says that between...Christmas runs. Thus Shakespeare took his place...great patronage playwrights of the era...the actor--and Shakespeare was an actor before he became a playwright--London was...

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Newspaper Articles on: shakespeare playwright

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Singing Shakespeare; Interview He Loves Pop Music but Prefers the Bard of Avon, So the Mersey DJ Is Now Singing the Songs of the Great Playwright. David Charters Reports

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 22, 2008

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Singing Shakespeare; Interview He Loves Pop...the Songs of the Great Playwright. David Charters Reports...song-book of William Shakespeare, who also wrote some...But Johnny has been a Shakespeare buff since passing the...
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His World Was Ugly, Violent and Insecure. It That Why Shakespeare Inspiresstill Today; as the New Globe Is Opened, a Leading Writer Argues That Our Greatest Playwright Can Survive All Attempts to Modernise Him

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 24, 1996

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Insecure. It That Why Shakespeare Inspiresstill Today; as the...Argues That Our Greatest Playwright Can Survive All Attempts...overwhelming that with him Shakespeare changes the entire meaning...out of words. The poet-playwrights language is so magically...
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Truth about Bard - or a Comedy of Errors? SHAKESPEARE: Stratford Expert on Playwright Criticises Latest Revelations as 'Mad'

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Comedy of Errors? SHAKESPEARE: Stratford Expert on Playwright Criticises Latest...said: "How could Shakespeare the playwright living one step...considered a great playwright many years ago...any respectable Shakespeare scholar would...
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GERD; a[euro]Prithee Do Not Turn Me about, My Stomach Is Not Constant.a[euro] - William Shakespeare (15641616), English Poet and Playwright Stephano, in the Tempest, Act 2, Sc. 2, L. 114-5 (1603)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 8, 2007

Subjects:

Gastroesophageal reflux, Poets

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Stomach Is Not Constant.aeuro - William Shakespeare (15641616), English Poet and Playwright Stephano, in the Tempest, Act 2, Sc. 2...for "gastroesophageal reflux disease" and Shakespeare could have penned instead, "my lower esophageal...
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Update on Gout; "A Pox of This Gout! or a Gout of This Pox! for the One or the Other Plays the Rogue with My Great Toe." - William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Poet and Playwright Falstaff, in Henry IV, Part 2, Act 1, Sc. 2, L. 243-5

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2007

Subjects:

Gout, Poets

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Rogue with My Great Toe." - William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Poet and Playwright Falstaff, in Henry IV, Part 2, Act 1, Sc...Byline: DR. BRIX PUJALTE UNCANNY that Shakespeare diagnosed gout and even immortalized it...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: shakespeare playwright

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Shakespeare, William

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the greatest playwright who ever lived...father, John Shakespeare, was successful...the twins and Shakespeares emergence as a playwright in London (c...Plautus. In 1594 Shakespeare became an actor and playwright for the Lord...
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Dennis, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

DENNIS, JOHN 1657 1734, English critic and playwright. Best known for his critical works, which include Grounds...Poetry (1704) and An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare (1712), Dennis was also the author of several unsuccessful...
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Jochumsson, MatthÍas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...MATTHIAS mat teas yok kums-son, 1835 1920, Icelandic playwright, poet, and translator. Although Jochumsson was the founder...traveled abroad, returning to Iceland to work as a translator of Shakespeare, Byron, and Ibsen. His autobiography, Sogukaflar af sjalfum...
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Arrabal, Fernando

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ARRABAL, FERNANDO farnan do arabal , 1932 , French playwright, b. Melilla, Morocco. He studied law in Madrid before...Extravagant Triumph of Jesus Christ, Karl Marx, and William Shakespeare (1982). Arrabal has also written novels, e.g., Baal...
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Peele, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...attributed to him almost a third of Shakespeares Titus Andronicus (c.1594). Peele was...university wits," a group of poets and playwrights that included Marlowe , Nashe...by G. K. Hunter (1968); B. Vickers, Shakespeare, Co-Author (2003...

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