Serves both as a script for performance and as a text for high school and college theater and English classes. This self-contained script brings together different scenes from Shake speare's plays to portray women "in all their infinite variety." Two narrators, a man and a woman, introduce and com ment on these scenes, weaving together the different characters and situations. This book combines literary and theat rical techniques in examining Shake speare's women. Its promptbook format provides clear, helpful stage ...
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Serves both as a script for performance and as a text for high school and college theater and English classes. This self-contained script brings together different scenes from Shake speare's plays to portray women "in all their infinite variety." Two narrators, a man and a woman, introduce and com ment on these scenes, weaving together the different characters and situations. This book combines literary and theat rical techniques in examining Shake speare's women. Its promptbook format provides clear, helpful stage directions on pages facing each of the scenes. Also help ful are concise glosses and footnotes to define difficult words and phrases plus a commentary to explain each scene in its dramatic context. Other features include sheet music for each song in the play, a bibliography on the topic of women in Shakespeare's plays, and suggestions for directors who wish to stage the play.
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