{"product_id":"shakespeare-in-performance-castings-and-metamorphoses-9781138792654","title":"Shakespeare in Performance: Castings and Metamorphoses","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ralph Berry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e. Then the transformations of dramatis personae are analyzed and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e is viewed through the changing relationships of Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. Some of Shakespeare's most original strategies for audience control are studied, such as Cordelia's asides in \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e's subversive laughter and the scenic alternation of pleasure and duty in \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e. Performance is the realization of identity. The book draws on major productions up to 1992, just before the book was originally published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45236700184727,"sku":"9781138792654","price":8798.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138792654.webp?v=1769214083","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shakespeare-in-performance-castings-and-metamorphoses-9781138792654","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}