Screen LibraryShakespeare in the theatre : Shakespeare and the National Theatre, 1963-1975 : Olivier and Hall /
"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 a...
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The Arden Shakespeare,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Shakespeare in the theatre
The Arden Shakespeare |
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 245 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-234) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474241045 1474241042 9781474241038 1474241034 |
| Index Number: | PR3106 |
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J809.561 I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/S533-1 |
| Contents: | Olivier -- 1967 -- Translations -- Hall. |