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 | | Performing Shakespeare in the Age of Empire by Richard Foulkes ISBN-10: 9780521630221 ISBN-10: 0-521-63022-3 ISBN-13: 9780521630221 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63022-1 Hardcover 2002-03-11 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description During the nineteenth century, the performance of Shakespeare's plays contributed to the creation of a sense of British nationhood at home and overseas. In this book Richard Foulkes explores the political and social uses of Shakespeare through the nineteenth and into the twentieth century and the movement from the consideration of Shakespeare as an enterprise to that of enshrinement as a cultural icon. An examination of leading Shakespearian actors, managers and directors, from Britain and abroad, is also included in the study. | ||
Book Description During the nineteenth century the performance of Shakespeare's plays contributed to the creation of a sense of British nationhood at home and overseas. In this book Richard Foulkes explores the political and social uses of Shakespeare through the nineteenth and into the twentieth century and the movement from the business of Shakespeare as an enterprise to that of enshrinement as a cultural icon. An examination of leading Shakespearian actors, managers and directors, from Britain and abroad, is also included in the study. | ||