Author : Hardin L. Aasand
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838639467
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (394 download)
Book Synopsis Stage Directions in Hamlet by : Hardin L. Aasand
Download or read book Stage Directions in Hamlet written by Hardin L. Aasand and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of stage directions in 'Hamlet', those brief semiotic codes that are embellished by historical, theatrical, and cultural considerations, produces a rigorous examination in the fifteen essays contained in this collection. This volume encompasses essays that are guardedly inductive in their critical approaches, as well as those that critique modern productions that attempt to achieve Shakespearean effect through a modern aesthetic. The volume also includes essays that enunciate the production of stage business as a cultural interplay between productions and social agencies outside the theater.