Shakespeare's History Plays
Performance, Translation and Adaptation in Britain and Abroad
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- Editor: Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date Published: February 2007
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- isbn: 9780521035484
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Concentrating on the play texts as well as their productions, translations and adaptations, this study addresses a range of attitudes to Shakespeare's English history plays in Britain and abroad from the early seventeenth century to the present day. It explores the multiple points of intersection between the English history they recount, and the experience of British and other national cultures. By presenting the British and foreign Shakespeare traditions together, the volume promotes a more finely integrated world Shakespeare.
Read more- Uniquely presents Shakespeare's English history plays not just in a British context, but within a truly international framework
- Seeks to promote a more finely integrated world Shakespeare
- Includes a foreword by Dennis Kennedy and an opening chapter by the editor
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"The 12 essays and introduction provide an excellent investigation into a complex history. Highly recommended." A. Castaldo, Widener University, CHOICE
See more reviews"an excellent volume." - Sixteenth Century Journal Brad Greenburg, Northeastern Illinois University
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- Date Published: February 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521035484
- length: 304 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.454kg
- contains: 10 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
List of contributors
Foreword: histories and nations Dennis Kennedy
Introduction: Shakespeare's history plays in Britain and abroad Ton Hoenselaars
Part I: Introduction: alienating histories Ton Hoenselaars
1. Ireland as foreign and familiar in Shakespeare's histories Andrew Murphy
2. Welshness in Shakespeare's English histories Lisa Hopkins
3. A French history of Henry V Jean-Michel Déprats
4. Shakespeare's history plays in Japan Daniel Gallimore
Part II: Introduction: the appropriated past Ton Hoenselaars
5. Rent-a-past: Italian responses to Shakespeare's histories (1800–1950) Mariangela Tempera
6. Brecht and the rediscovery of Henry VI James N. Loehlin
7. Shakespeare's histories in cycles Edward Burns
8. Shakespeare's history plays in Bulgaria Alexander Shurbanov and Boika Sokolova
Part III: Introduction: stage adaptations of the histories Ton Hoenselaars
9. Shakespeare's English histories at the Vienna Burgtheater Manfred Draudt
10. The Spanish premiere of Richard II Keith Gregor
11. Shakespearean history at the Avignon Festival Dominique Goy-Blanquet
12. Two Flemings at war with Shakespeare Ton Hoenselaars
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