Shattering Hamlet's Mirror: Theatre and Reality

by Marvin A. Carlson

Book Overview

Theatrical playing, Hamlet famously averred, holds a mirror up to nature. But unlike the reflections in the mirror, the theater's images are composed of real objects, most notably bodies, that have an independent existence outside the world of reflection. Throughout Western theater history there have been occasions when the reality behind the illusion was placed on display. In recent years theaters in Europe and North America have begun calling attention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472037242
• ISBN13: 9780472037247
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"