Author : Dominique Goy-Blanquet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474273920
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare in the Theatre: Patrice Chéreau by : Dominique Goy-Blanquet
Download or read book Shakespeare in the Theatre: Patrice Chéreau written by Dominique Goy-Blanquet and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrice Chéreau (1944 - 2013) was one of France's leading directors in the theatre and on film and a major influence on Shakespearean performance. He is internationally known for memorable productions of both drama and opera. His life-long companionship with Shakespeare began in 1970 when his innovative Richard II made the young director famous overnight and caused his translator to denounce him publicly as an iconoclast, for a production mixing “music-hall, circus, and pankration”. After this break, Chéreau read Shakespeare's texts assiduously, “line by line and word by word”, with another renowned poet, Yves Bonnefoy. Drawing on new interviews with many of Chereau's collaborators, this study explores a unique theatre maker's interpretations of Shakespeare in relation to the European tradition and to his wider body of work on stage and film, to establish his profound influence on other producers of Shakespeare.