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Watching Shakespeare

A Playgoers' Guide

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  • © 1988

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  1. Anthony B. Dawson

    1. University of British Columbia, UK

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 1-13

  3. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 15-25

  4. The Merchant of Venice

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 26-38

  5. As You Like It

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 39-50

  6. Twelfth Night

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 51-62

  7. Measure for Measure

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 63-76

  8. Richard II

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 77-87

  9. Henry IV, Part 1

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 88-102

  10. Henry IV, Part 2

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 103-114

  11. Henry V

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 115-128

  12. Romeo and Juliet

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 129-140

  13. Julius Caesar

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 141-151

  14. Hamlet

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 152-167

  15. Othello

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 168-179

  16. King Lear

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 180-193

  17. Macbeth

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 194-205

  18. Coriolanus

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 206-218

  19. The Winter’s Tale

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 219-230

  20. The Tempest

    • Anthony B. Dawson
    Pages 231-241
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About this book

Here is a book written primarily for playgoers. Looking closely at eighteen plays, Anthony Dawson examines key decisions that actors and directors have to make, and shows how different interpretations flow from these decisions. His aim is to make audiences more aware of the multiple possibilities that a Shakespearean text provides, and hence better able to assess particular productions. Using frequent and extensive illustration from the modern theatre, he argues that contradiction and creative inconsistency are marks of Shakespeare's plays and that productions usually work best when they embrace opposition and strive for balance, rather than when they adopt one-sided readings or suppress elements that don't fit a particular concept.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of British Columbia, UK

    Anthony B. Dawson

About the author

ANTHONY B. DAWSON is Associate Professor of English and Drama at the University of British Columbia. He received his PhD from Harvard where he also taught. He has been active in the theatre for most of his life and is the author of a previous book on Shakespeare called Indirections.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Watching Shakespeare

  • Book Subtitle: A Playgoers' Guide

  • Authors: Anthony B. Dawson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19362-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-43816-9Published: 29 July 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19362-2Published: 29 July 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 260

  • Topics: Performing Arts

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