Sidney Homan
Directing Shakespeare
Scholar Onstage
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AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION FROM A CHINESE ACTOR--Why is Shakespeare eternal?--drove Sidney Homan after fifty years in the theater to ponder just what makes Shakespeare ... well, Shakespeare, The result, Directing Shakespeare, reflects the two worlds in which Homan operates--as a scholar and teacher on campus, and as a director and actor in professional and university theaters. His concern is the entire process, beginning in the lonely period when the director develops a concept, and moving into increasingly larger realms: interaction with stage designer; rehearsal; and public performances in which the audience's response further shapes the play.…
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AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION FROM A CHINESE ACTOR--Why is Shakespeare eternal?--drove Sidney Homan after fifty years in the theater to ponder just what makes Shakespeare ... well, Shakespeare, The result, Directing Shakespeare, reflects the two worlds in which Homan operates--as a scholar and teacher on campus, and as a director and actor in professional and university theaters. His concern is the entire process, beginning in the lonely period when the director develops a concept, and moving into increasingly larger realms: interaction with stage designer; rehearsal; and public performances in which the audience's response further shapes the play. Homan recounts the experience of staging King Lear accompanied by a musical score for piano, violin, and cello played live onstage. He discusses the challenge of making and trying to justify cuts in Hamlet. A casual remark from an actress leads to a feminist production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He describes the delicate collaboration between director and performer as he works with actors preparing for The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, and Hamlet. Other chapters treat a set designer's bold red drapes that influenced the director's concept for Julius Caesar, and the cross-influence of back-to-back runs of Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstsern Are Dead and Hamlet. In a highly personal concluding chapter, Homan tells of joyously working with a spontaneous young actor playing Puck and with an audience of unruly teenagers who wept at a performance of Lear. Delightfully written, and filled with practical insights, Directing Shakespeare draws together scholars, critics, and those who work to bring the written word to life.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8214-1550-4
- EAN: 9780821415504
- Produktnummer: 1497672
- Verlag: Ohio University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 417 g
- Auflage: 1
- Gewicht: 417
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
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