Shakespeare in Parts

by Simon Palfrey and Tiffany Stern

Book Overview

A truly groundbreaking collaboration of original theatre history with exciting literary criticism, Shakespeare in Parts is the first book fully to explore the original form in which Shakespeare's drama overwhelmingly circulated. This was not the full play-text; it was not the public performance. It was the actor's part, consisting of the bare cues and speeches of each individual role. With group rehearsals rare or non-existent, the cued part alone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199272050
• ISBN13: 9780199272051
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"