Shakespeare: Actors and Audiences brings together the voices of those
who make productions of Shakespeare come to life. It shines a spotlight
on the relationship between actors and audiences and explores the
interplay that makes each performance unique. We know much about theatre
in Shakespeare's time but very little about the audiences who attended
his plays. Even today the audience's voice remains largely ignored. This
volume places the role of the audience at the centre of how we
understand Shakespeare in performance.
Part One offers an overview of the best current audience research and
provides a critical framework for the interviews and testimony of
leading actors, theatre makers and audience members that follow in Part
Two, including Juliet Stevenson and Emma Rice. Shakespeare: Actors and
Audiences offers a fascinating insight into the world of theatre
production and of the relationship between actor and audience that lies
at the heart of theatre-making.
- Format:
- Hardback
- Language of text:
- English
- Isbn-13:
- 9781474257930, 978-1474257930
- Author:
- Fiona Banks
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Series:
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Imprint:
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-15
- Pages:
- 296
- Product dimensions:
- 133.35mm (w) x
201mm (h) x
19.05mm (d)