Coriolanus

Hardback

Main Details

Title Coriolanus
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Ormsby
SeriesShakespeare in Performance
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780719078675
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 31 August 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book is a study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeare's final Roman play. It makes available for the first time sustained discussions of major productions of the play in four languages and five countries, and explores how Shakespeare's most political drama has been shaped to circumstances radically different from its original early modern staging. The book offers in-depth analyses of Coriolanus productions covering the post-war era to the twenty-first century, combining close readings of documents and historical contextualisation to productions by the BBC, the Berliner Ensemble, The Katona Jozsef Theatre in communist Hungary, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Britain's National Theatre, The New York Shakespeare Festival, Robert Lepage, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and Ralph Fiennes' major motion picture. This volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including specialists, graduate students and undergraduates studying both Coriolanus and the history of Shakespearean performance. -- .

Author Biography

Robert Ormsby is Assistant Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland -- .