Teaching Shakespeare through performance / edited by Milla Cozart Riggio.
| Other author | Riggio, Milla Cozart, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1999. |
| Description | ix, 503 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Options for teaching, 1079-2562 ; [14] Options for teaching 14. 1079-2562 |
| Contents | Shakespeare in performance: theory in practice and practice in theory / David Kennedy Sauer, Evelyn Tribble -- Performance is more than an "approach" to Shakespeare / Edward L. Rocklin -- Shakespeare's theatrical vocabulary and today's classroom / Alan C. Dessen -- Original staging and the Shakespeare classroom / Ralph Alan Cohen -- Why did the English stage take boys for women? / Stephen Orgel -- Romeo and Juliet on the stage: "It is a kind of history" / Jill L. Levenson -- Re-wrighting Shakespeare: a conversation with Richard Schechner -- Listening for the playwright's voice: rehearsing through class discussion the "Kill Claudio" episode / Robert Hapgood -- Playing the action: building an interpretation from the scene up / Cary M. Mazer -- Working in workshops / David Bevington, Gavin Witt -- Improvisational techniques for the literature teacher / Michael Shapiro -- The (play) text's the thing: teaching the blinding of Gloucester in King Lear / Thomas L. Berger -- Introducing stage history to students / Stephen M. Buhler -- Teaching Shakespeare: the participatory approach / Lois Potter -- Reading power: classroom acting as close reading / G.B. Shand -- The Shakespeare seminar as pedagogical entertainment / Maurice Charney -- Team teaching Shakespeare: breaking barriers to the bard / Robert Einenkel, Bernice W. Kliman -- Shakespeare in the city / Elise Ann Earthman -- On your imaginary forces work: Shakespeare in practice / James N. Loehlin -- Performing Shakespeare: the outward bound of the English department / Cynthia Lewis -- Writing about performance, writing as performance / Miriam Gilbert -- Bringing performances into classrooms through multiple media / W.G. Walton, Jr. -- Cinematic elements in Shakespearean film: a glossary / David Kranz -- Shakespeare and image theater: Henry V / Peter Reynolds -- Digital Shakespeare: a retrospective and update / Michael Mullin -- The electronic archive in the classroom: multimedia Shakespeare at MIT / Peter Donaldson -- Playing in cyberspace: experiments in computer-mediated Shakespeare / Larry Friedlander -- A guide to American Shakespeare companies and festivals with academic affiliations / Felicia Londré with Kimberly L. Janczuk -- Annotated guide to classroom editions of Shakespeare / Milla Cozart Riggio -- Selected film and television resources / H.R. Coursen -- Shakespeare on video / W.G. Walton, Jr. |
| Abstract | Performance pedagogy does more than involve students in the acting, directing, and production work needed to bring a play text to life. It engages them in interpretation; it makes issues of structure or subtext immediate; it deepens understanding of stage history; in film, it demonstrates the role of camera, lighting, sound. Teaching Shakespeare through Performance is designed for teachers of both high school and college English courses who wish to introduce performance strategies into their classroom. The volume illustrates how attention to theatrical detail can give insight into Shakespeare's work and world: the significance of an omitted exit or entrance, the role of stage directions in King Lear, costumes and transvestism on the Renaissance stage, the changing fashions of acting Juliet, how experimenting with the use of different personal props in a scene from Hamlet reveals cultural attitudes, and much more. |
| Local note | Little-473599--305131069424 |
| Local note | Little-323650--305131021512O |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-491) and index. |
| Genre/form | Aufsatzsammlung. |
| LCCN | 99024092 |
| ISBN | 0873523725 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780873523721 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0873523733 (paper) |
| ISBN | 9780873523738 (paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR2987 .T366 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |