Description
Product ID: | 9781472581617 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Shakespeare in the Theatre |
Title: | Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner |
Authors: | Author: Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall |
Page Count: | 264 |
Subjects: | Individual actors and performers, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Shakespeare studies & criticism, English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Part of the series Shakespeare in the Theatre, this book examines the work of renowned theatre director Nicholas Hytner (Artistic Director of the National Theatre from 2003-2015). Featuring case studies of Hytner’s Shakespeare productions and interviews with actors, designers, directors and other practitioners with whom Hytner has worked, it explores Hytner’s own productions of Shakespeare’s plays within their respective socio-cultural contexts and the context of Hytner’s other directing work, and examines his working practices and the impact of his Artistic directorship on the centrality of Shakespeare within the repertoire of the National Theatre. Part of the series Shakespeare in the Theatre, this book examines the work of renowned theatre director Nicholas Hytner (Artistic Director of the National Theatre from 2003-2015). Featuring case studies of Hytner’s Shakespeare productions and interviews with actors, designers, directors and other practitioners with whom Hytner has worked, it explores Hytner’s own productions of Shakespeare’s plays within their respective socio-cultural contexts and the context of Hytner’s other directing work, and examines his working practices and the impact of his Artistic directorship on the centrality of Shakespeare within the repertoire of the National Theatre. |
Imprint Name: | The Arden Shakespeare |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-01-12 |