The Shakespeare Effect A History of Tentieth-Century Performance [Hardcover]

This lively and provocative study offers a radical reappraisal of a century of Shakespearean theatre. Topics addressed include modernist Shakespearean performance's relation with psychoanalysis, the hidden gender dynamics of the open stage movement, and the appropriation of Shakespeare himself as a dramatic fiction and theatrical icon.Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: DESPERATE EXPERIMENTS The Last of the Pre-Raphaelites Cambridge Irish PART II: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF TYRONE GUTHRIE Hamlet and Oedipus Biggs Revolution in Stratford PART III: THE STRANGE DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND Seeing Through Shakespeare Ruined Lear Conclusion Notes Index

'...makes a significant contribution to the literature on the difficult task of theorizing Shakespeare on stage.' - J.Schlueter, Choice

ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Reader in Drama at the University of Surrey, Roehampton. He has published widely in the fields of Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and contemporary theatre; his books include Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC, Shakespeare on Film, and Shakespeare in Performance.