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Popular Shakespeare: Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
Stephen Purcell
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Description for Popular Shakespeare: Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
Hardcover. In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today.
In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230577039
SKU
V9780230577039
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About Stephen Purcell
Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He directs for the theatre company The Pantaloons.
Reviews for Popular Shakespeare: Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
There is much to recommend in Popular Shakespeare . It is full of well-told and genuinely amusing examples of productions.' - Jerome Monahan, Around the Globe , magazine of Shakespeare's Globe