Talking to the Audience: Shakespeare, Performance, Self

by Bridget Escolme

Book Overview

This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's characters. By focusing specifically on the relationship between performer and audience, Talking to the Audience examines what happens when the audience are in the presence of a dramatic figure who knows they are there. It is a book concerned with theatrical illusion; with the pleasures and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415332230
• ISBN13: 9780415332231
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.4"