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Many readers first encounter Shakespeare’s plays in a book rather than a theater. Yet Shakespeare was through and through a man of the stage. So what do we lose when we leave Shakespeare the practitioner behind, and what do we learn when we think about his plays as dramas to be performed? ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Shakespeare: Add a description of this character.
- Richard Iii
- Macbeth
- Edgar
- Angelo
- Claudio
- Duke
- Henry Viii
- Edmund
- Ariel
- Isabella
- Cleopatra
- Romeo
- Lear
- Claudius
- Cressida
- Laurence Olivier
- Juliet
- Rosalind
- Pericles
- Imogen
- Roderigo
- Antony
- Olivia
- Alonso
- Cymbeline
- Ulysses
- Bolingbroke
- Chamberlain
- Lucio
- Jaques
- Sebastian
- Posthumus
- Helena
- John Barton
- Ferdinand
- Talbot
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Cranmer
- William Charles Macready
- Katharine
- Joan
- Kate
- Beatrice
- Trevor Nunn
- Cassio
- Charles Kean
Setting & Locations edit
- Falsta
- London
- Stratford-upon-avon
- England
- Gloucester
- Desdemona
- Thersites
- New York
- Orlando
- France
- Diomedes
- Drury Lane
- Agincourt
- Covent Garden
- Paris
- Orsino
- The Tempest
- Ontario
- Antonio
- Richmond
- Wales
- Chicago
- Italy
- Cornwall
- Albany
- Athens
- Othello
- Venice
- Bohemia
- Dover
- Southwark
- Harfleur
- Caliban
- Rouen
- Shoreditch
- Bosworth Field
- Jupiter
- Swan Theatre
- Scotland
- Bordeaux
- Dauphin
- Garrick
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Bevington (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 792.95
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Shakespeare
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Arts & Photography › Performing Arts › Theater
- Books › Reference › Writing
- Books › Entertainment › Performing Arts
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