| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Shakespeare in performance
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Shakespeare in performance.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Playing Henry VI in the early modern period -- Rediscoveries: nation, war and empire (1899-1953) -- The Wars of the Roses: the RSC's Henry VI and Edward IV (1963-64) -- A true trilogy: the RSC's Henry VI (1977-79) -- Henry VI and the BBC (1960 and 1981-83) -- English counter-histories: the ESC's House of Lancaster and House of York (1987-89) -- Acts of war: The RSC's The Plantagenets (1988-90) -- Plundering in front of hell: The RSC's Henry VI -- The battle for the throne (1994-95) -- Black comedies: the RSC's millennial Henry Vi (2000-1). |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
A study of the Henry VI plays in performance, this work focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions, which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI.
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 -- In literature.
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950-
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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1950- |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 -- In literature. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950- |
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Shakespeare, William. King Henry the Sixth. |
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Kings and rulers in literature.
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Kings and rulers in literature. |
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Theater -- Production and direction. |
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Great Britain. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461 -- Historiography.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Rutter, Carol Chillington.
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| Added Title |
Henry Sixth plays |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hampton-Reeves, Stuart. Henry VI plays. Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2006 (DLC) 2009286345 |
| ISBN |
9781847793737 (electronic book) |
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1847793738 (electronic book) |
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9780719056772 (paperback) |
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0719056772 (paperback) |
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