Fantasia, Louis. Talking Shakespeare : notes from a journey

Folger bibliographic ID: 354233
Folger call number: PR2976 .F276 2017
Folger holdings ID: 502472
Accession Number: 236997

Talking Shakespeare' is a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays and politics and their impact in the world today. Originally given as provocative talks on Shakespeare at some of the most prestigious universities, conferences, and theatres around the world, they reflect on the author's more than thirty-year career as a producer, director and educator. The essays provide a unique and personal look into multiple aspects of Shakespeare's world-and ours

General notes

Includes bibliographical references Talking Shakespeare' is a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays and politics and their impact in the world today. Originally given as provocative talks on Shakespeare at some of the most prestigious universities, conferences, and theatres around the world, they reflect on the author's more than thirty-year career as a producer, director and educator. The essays provide a unique and personal look into multiple aspects of Shakespeare's world-and ours

Contents

Introduction : "To be new made when thou art old:" Shakespeare, Sam Wanamaker, and Me -- "O Brave New Will!" : Images of Justice and Intolerance in Shakespeare -- "Can Curses Pierce the Clouds?": Shakespeare and the New Millennium -- What Happens in Arden Stays in Arden -- Notes on Plays : With Apologies to Harley Granville-Barker -- "Here's fine Revolution, if we had the trick to see't" : Teaching Shakespeare Today -- Shak- spear, Stratford, and Star Trek -- King Lear, or Tragedy in the Age of Oprah -- Men in Sheets: Julius Caesar and Coriolanus -- A Hamlet Autopsy -- Optional Authenticity and Shakespeare's Globe (2002-2009)

Extended title: Talking Shakespeare : notes from a journey / Louis Fantasia

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

author: Fantasia, Louis, 1949-
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616