Fifty Seasons At Stratford
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Fifty Seasons At Stratford
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Author : Robert Cushman
language : en
Publisher: Madison Press Books for the Quantum Book Group
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Fifty Seasons At Stratford written by Robert Cushman and has been published by Madison Press Books for the Quantum Book Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with categories.
Fifty Seasons At Stratford
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Author : Robert Cushman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Fifty Seasons At Stratford written by Robert Cushman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
2004 winner of the J.J. Talman Award from the Ontario Historical Society. ""On July 13, 1953, the curtain rose on "Richard III, " the first production of the first Stratford Festival. Only it didn't. There was no curtain, and that is perhaps the single most important fact about the Festival. From that, sometimes in reaction to that, everything else has followed."" So begins "Fifty Seasons at Stratford, " an historical account of Canada's world-renowned Shakespearean theatre, as told by Robert Cushman, writer, director, and critic. More than 250 full-colour and black-and-white photographs, design sketches, drawings and paintings from the Festival archives fill this extraordinary book, making it a worthy celebration of Stratford's golden anniversary. Acclaimed author and playwright Timothy Findley (who has himself appeared on the theatre's varnished boards) begins this journey. He is joined by distinguished Festival alumni Christopher Plummer, William Shatner, Irene Worth, and Hume Cronyn, who offer personal accounts of their experiences. Stratford is inseparable from Canadian theatre. As Robert Cushman reminds us, Canadian actors from Kate Reid and Martha Henry to William Hutt and Bruno Gerusi, first learned how to hold an audience on Tania Moisevitch's innovative stage. Cushman's vast knowledge of the theatre is everywhere evident as he describes the theatre's humble beginnings under a tent, the difficult years when Canadian actors strove to establish themselves, and its present and continuing glory. The text is authoritative and comprehensive. The photos are evocative and memorable. Sidebars and well-chosen sketches illustrate the myriad crafts and artisan departments that toil backstage - costume, make-up, and props. "Fifty Years at Stratford" is the indispensable reference and perfect record to which theatre fans everywhere will turn again and again.
40 Seasons
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
40 Seasons written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Stratford Festival (Ont.) categories.
Stratford Festival S 1951 94 Seasons Reviews And Articles
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Author : Stratford Festival Collection
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Stratford Festival S 1951 94 Seasons Reviews And Articles written by Stratford Festival Collection and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.
Shakespeare In The Theatre The Stratford Festival
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Author : Christie Carson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-06-13
Shakespeare In The Theatre The Stratford Festival written by Christie Carson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-13 with Performing Arts categories.
This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America. In English-speaking Canada, the Festival has become the unofficial national theatre, drawing both praise and criticism. Dividing its history into three distinct periods, the volume begins with the foundation of the company, moving through its middle years of expansion and securing stability, and ending with an exploration of staging Shakespeare in the 21st century. Through case studies of productions, covering each artistic director from Tyrone Guthrie to Antoni Cimolino, it highlights issues of national identity but also the relationship between actor and audience on the Festival's unique thrust stage. It not only explores the work of international stars such as Christopher Plummer, but also that of longstanding company members William Hutt and Martha Henry, emphasizing the Festival's collective spirit. This book argues that the Stratford Festival holds an influential position in the theatre world generally and in the Shakespeare performance environment specifically. Initially this was because of the original stage built for its opening, but increasingly it has been due to the way that it has used Shakespeare's work to articulate complex questions about identity and utilized technology to reach new audiences. The Festival and its collaborative working methods grew out of a particular social and political climate, and when the actors and directors who trained at the Festival took their training and its influences elsewhere, they spread its impact.
Romancing The Bard
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Author : Martin Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2001-10-01
Romancing The Bard written by Martin Hunter and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-01 with Drama categories.
Romancing the Bard offers a look at the Stratford Festival in its first fifty years as it developed from a bold venture driven by vision of a handful of eager enthusiasts to its present status as a multi-million dollar cultural and commercial enterprise. With profiles of Stratford personalities from founder Tyrone Guthrie to current artistic director Richard Monette, it provides glimpses of intrigue and conflict both offstage and on. The book traces the development of a distinctive Canadian acting style, the soaring costs of production and design, the conflict between artists and moneymen, the external image promoted by publicists or imposed by critics and the changing mandate as the Festival assumes an increasingly populist character. This is a celebration of a uniquely successful artistic enterprise, and focuses on some of the Festival's finest productions. Illustrated with photographs from the Festival archives.
Stratford Gold
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Author : Richard Ouzounian
language : en
Publisher: McArthur
Release Date : 2002
Stratford Gold written by Richard Ouzounian and has been published by McArthur this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book consists of wide-ranging conversations of people who each had a unique role in the history of the Stratford Festival.
The Routledge Companion To Directors Shakespeare
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Author : John Russell Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-06-02
The Routledge Companion To Directors Shakespeare written by John Russell Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with Drama categories.
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story to tell as it explores a new and revitalising approach to the most familiar works in the English language. A must-have work of reference for students of both Shakespeare and theatre, this book presents some of the most acclaimed productions of the last hundred years in a variety of cultural and political contexts. Each entry describes a director’s own theatrical vision, and methods of rehearsal and production. These studies chart the extraordinary feats of interpretation and innovation that have given Shakespeare’s plays enduring life in the theatre. Notable entries include: Ingmar Bergman * Peter Brook * Declan Donnellan * Tyrone Guthrie * Peter Hall * Fritz Kortner * Robert Lepage * Joan Littlewood * Ninagawa Yukio * Joseph Papp * Roger Planchon * Max Reinhardt * Giorgio Strehler * Deborah Warner * Orson Welles * Franco Zeffirelli
Reimagining Shakespeare S Playhouse
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Author : Joe Falocco
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2010
Reimagining Shakespeare S Playhouse written by Joe Falocco and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Drama categories.
Numerous attempts have been made in the modern and postmodern era to recreate the staging conventions of Shakespeare's theatre, from William Poel to the founders of the New Globe. This volume examines the work of these directors, analyzing their practical successes and failures; it also engages with the ideological critiques of early modern staging advanced by scholars such as W.B. Worthen and Ric Knowles. The author argues that rather than indulging in archaism for its own sake, the movement looked backward in a progressive attempt to address the challenges of the twentieth century. The book begins with a re-examination of the conventional view of Poel as an antiquarian crank. Subsequent chapters are devoted to Harley Granville Barker and Nugent Monck; the author argues that while Barker's major contribution was the dubious achievement of establishing the movement's reputation as an essentially literary phenomenon, Monck took the first tentative steps toward an architectural reimagining of modern performance space, an advance which led to later triumphs in early modern staging. The book than traces the sporadic and irregular development of Tyrone Guthrie's commitment to early modern practices. The final chapter looks at how competing historical theories of playhouse design influenced the construction of the Globe, while the conclusion discusses the ongoing potential of early modern staging in the new millennium.
Shakespeare S Comedies Of Love
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Author : Karen Bamford
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2008-12-01
Shakespeare S Comedies Of Love written by Karen Bamford and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Borrowing its title from renowned scholar Alexander Leggatt's landmark 1974 study, Shakespeare's Comedies of Love is a tribute to a critic who has shaped the way the world understands Shakespeare and his comedies. To help celebrate his distinguished career as a teacher and scholar, this collection of essays presents a wide range of new work on the Bard's comedies. The contributors cover diverse areas of inquiry, including the use of the comedies as a source of women's empowerment in nineteenth-century America; civic drama in Elizabethan London; male anxiety about women in the comedies; anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice; as well as some key productions of Shakespeare's comedies. Rich in detail and broad in scope, Shakespeare's Comedies of Love is a celebration of Leggatt's distinguished career, and an enduring collection of work on the world's most famous writer.