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001 2011034090
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008 110818s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011034090
020 $a9780230222618 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPR2828$b.F56 2011
082 00 $a822.3/3$223
084 $aLIT015000$aLIT004120$aPER011000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFindlay, Alison,$d1963-
245 14 $aMuch ado about nothing /$cAlison Findlay.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
263 $a1112
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe Shakespeare handbooks
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Much Ado About Nothing shows the violence of desire as well as its drive towards creative plotting or matchmaking. In this Handbook, Alison Findlay examines the play's comic and tragic potential in the theatre; its attempts to harmonise love and war, attraction and repulsion. The volume: explores the play's resonance in early performances with reference to the crisis over fast-changing fashions, gendered notions of honour, and the changing personnel of Shakespeare's company; analyzes the play from a performance point of view scene by scene, considering the interactions between spectators and actors; surveys key productions and films, including Barry Jackson's radical modernist production of 1919, the recently-rediscovered television film of Zeffirelli's 1965 National Theatre Production, and Kenneth Branagh's 1993 film version; outlines the play's critical history from the eighteenth century to the present day, with a focus on contemporary concerns such as genre hybridity, sources and intertexts, and the instability of signs and appearances"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- General Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Text and Early Performances -- Commentary -- Intellectual and Cultural Context -- Key Productions -- The Play on Screen -- Critical Assessment -- Further Reading -- Index.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616.$tMuch ado about nothing$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xStage history$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$vFilm adaptations$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General$2bisacsh.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/618/9780230222618/image/lgcover.9780230222618.jpg