000			01529cam a2200193ua 4500
020			_a0415227291
082			_a822.33 _bWER/S
100	0		_aWerner, Sarah
245	1	0	_aShakespeare and feminist performance: ideology on stage
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2001
300			_axii,132p.
490			_aAccents on Shakespeare
520			_aHow do performances of Shakespeare change the meanings of the plays? In this controversial new book, Sarah Werner argues that the text of a Shakespeare play is only one of the many factors that give a performance its meaning. By focusing on The Royal Shakespeare Company, Werner demonstrates how actor training, company management and gender politics fundamentally affect both how a production is created and the interpretations it can suggest. Werner concentrates particularly on: The influential training methods of Cicely Berry and Patsy Rodenburg The history of the RSC Women's Group Gale Edwards' production of The Taming of the Shrew She reveals that no performance of Shakespeare is able to bring the plays to life or to realise the playwright's intentions without shaping them to mirror our own assumptions. By examining the ideological implications of performance practices, this book will help all interested in Shakespeare's plays to explore what it means to study them in performance.
650			_aEnglish Literature
650	0		_aEnglish Drama
650	0		_aFeminism and theatre
650	0		_aShakespeare, William,1564-1616-stage history-England
942			_cBK
999			_c15109 _d15109