Weimann, Robert

Shakespeare and the power of performance : stage and page in the Elizabethan theatre / Robert Weimann and Douglas Bruster - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 - x, 266 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-255) and index

'Moralize two meanings' in one play : contrariety on the Tudor stage -- Performance, game, and representation in Richard III -- Mingling vice and'worthiness' in King John -- Clowning : agencies between voice and pen -- Clowning at the frontiers of representation -- Cross-dressing and performance in disguise -- Personation and playing :'secretly open' role-playing -- Character/actor : the deep matrix -- Character : depth, dialogue, page -- King Lear : representations on stage and page

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Technique
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Dramatic production
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 --Characters


English drama--History and criticism--17th century