France Orson Welles on Shakespeare

The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-98000-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.P.A Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre adaptations, including the "Voodoo" Macbeth, the modern-dress Julius Caesar and Welles' compilation of history plays, Five Kings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

France, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Editor's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Macbeth
*Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Act One * act Two * Act Three * Notes to Macbeth
Julius Caesar
* Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Playscript * Notes to Julius Caesar
Five Kings
* Preface * Production Credits and Cast * Act One * Act Two * Act Three * Notes to Five Kings
Selected Bibliographhy

Über Autor(innen)

Richard France is a playwright, teacher, actor, and authority on Orson Welles. He is the author of The Theatre of Orson Welles, which was the recipient of the Choice Outstanding Book Award in 1978. He is also the winner of the 1982 Silver PEN award. Currently, France teaches at the City University of New York.