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The theatre of Shelley / Jacqueline Mulhallen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Open Book Publishers, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781906924324
  • 1906924325
  • 9781783740208
  • 1783740205
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 822.709 22
LOC classification:
  • PR5438
Other classification:
  • HL 4385
Online resources:
Contents:
The Theatrical Context -- the Georgian Theatre in England -- Shelley's Theatregoing, Playreading and Criticism -- Practical Technique -- The Cenci -- Turning History into Art -- Charles the First -- Ideal Drama -- Prometheus Unbound -- Drama for a Purpose -- Hellas and Fragments of an Unfinished Drama -- Satirical Comedy -- Swellfoot the Tyrant -- Appendices -- List of Performances Seenby Shelley -- The Programme of Songs with the Performance of Douglas.
Summary: "This is the first full-length study of Shelley's plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley's role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his 'closet dramas' as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley's dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet's stagecraft, and analyses performances of his plays from the Georgian period to today. In addition, Mulhallen offers details of the productions Shelley saw in England and Italy, many not identified before, as well as a vivid account of the actors and personalities that constituted the theatrical scene of his time. Her research reveals Shelley as an extraordinarily talented playwright, whose fascination with contemporary theatrical theory and practice seriously challenges the notion that he was a reluctant dramatist"--Page 4 of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.

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The Theatrical Context -- the Georgian Theatre in England -- Shelley's Theatregoing, Playreading and Criticism -- Practical Technique -- The Cenci -- Turning History into Art -- Charles the First -- Ideal Drama -- Prometheus Unbound -- Drama for a Purpose -- Hellas and Fragments of an Unfinished Drama -- Satirical Comedy -- Swellfoot the Tyrant -- Appendices -- List of Performances Seenby Shelley -- The Programme of Songs with the Performance of Douglas.

"This is the first full-length study of Shelley's plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley's role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his 'closet dramas' as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley's dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet's stagecraft, and analyses performances of his plays from the Georgian period to today. In addition, Mulhallen offers details of the productions Shelley saw in England and Italy, many not identified before, as well as a vivid account of the actors and personalities that constituted the theatrical scene of his time. Her research reveals Shelley as an extraordinarily talented playwright, whose fascination with contemporary theatrical theory and practice seriously challenges the notion that he was a reluctant dramatist"--Page 4 of cover.

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