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Antony and Cleopatra

Hardback

Main Details

Title Antony and Cleopatra
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Carol Chillington Rutter
SeriesShakespeare in Performance
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:344
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9781526132499
ClassificationsDewey:792.92
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 25 black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book writes a performance history of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare's most ambiguous play, from 1606 to the present. It observes the choices that actors, directors, designers, musicians and adapters have made each time they have brought the play's thoughts on power, race, masculinity, regime change, exoticism, love, dotage and delinquency into alignment with a new present. Informed by close attention to theatre records - promptbooks, stage managers' reports, reviews - it offers in-depth analyses of fifteen international productions by (among others) the Royal Shakespeare Company, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Northern Broadsides, Berliner Ensemble and Toneelgroep Amsterdam. It ends seeing Shakespeare's black Egyptian Queen Cleopatra - whited-out in performance for centuries - restored to the contemporary stage. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students, academics, actors, directors and general readers alike. -- .

Author Biography

Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick -- .