基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover is out of print. Dawson surveys the stage history of Hamlet from Shakespeare's time to the efflorescence of new and challenging productions in our own.
Full Description
This analysis of the performance history of "Hamlet" recreates more than a dozen productions from three centuries. It is intended both for students of Shakespearean theatre and for playgoers. Bringing together theatre history and the interests of cultural criticism and performance theory, Dawson traces the Anglo-American acting tradition and provides an account of the interpretative problems associated with texts, character, design, and the production of meaning. He offers an ongoing commentary on the cultural roles of various actors who have brought Shakespeare's most fully individualized characters to life, showing how the performances of such actors as Garrick, Irving and Olivier have mirrored changing notions of selfhood. The final chapters extend the analysis to a number of film versions, notably those of Olivier, Kozinstev and Zeffirelli, as well as to several important European stage productions.
Contents
Performing "Hamlet"s meanings; "Hamlet" on stage 1600-1900; the 1920s - old ways meet the new stagecraft; Gielgud and Olivier in the '30s; post-war "Hamlet"s at Stratford-upon-Avon - 1948-1964; Royal Shakespeare and Royal Court in 1980; "Hamlet" at the movies - Olivier and Kozintsev; through the looking glass - Zeffirelli and the BBC; translations.
