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1 online resource (440 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Shakespeare's plays have never had a larger audience than they do in our time. This wide viewing is complemented by modern scholarship, which has verified and elucidated the plays' texts. Nevertheless, Shakespeare's plays continue to be revised. In order to find out how and why he has been rewritten, Ruby Cohn examines modern dramatic offshoots in English, French, and German. Surveying drama intended for the serious theater, the author discusses modern versions of Shakespeare's plays, especially Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest. Although the focus is always on drama, contrast is s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.
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Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Drama. |
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20th century |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Drama.
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Drama.
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Adaptations.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohn, Ruby. Modern Shakespeare offshoots. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©1976 xi, 426 pages Princeton legacy library. 9780691617305 |
| ISBN |
9781400867820 (e-book) |
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1400867827 (e-book) |
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9780691617305 |
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9780691062891 |
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9780691100340 |
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