Retrovisions reinventing the past in film and fiction

Table of Contents: “…Historical make-overs in film and literature / Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter -- "No man's Elizabeth" : the Virgin Queen in recent films / Renée Pigeon -- Shakespeare in love and the end(s) of history / Elizabeth Klett -- Reflections on sex, Shakespeare, and nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth night / Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas -- Black rams tupping white ewes : race vs. gender in the final scene of Six Othellos / Pascale Aebischer -- Cool intentions : the literary classic, the teenpic and the "chick flick" / Sarah Neely -- Peter Watkin's Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. …”
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The book of scenes for aspiring actors by Cassady, Marsh, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Behrman -- My friend never said goodbye / Robert Mauro -- Joe Turner's come and gone / August Wilson -- Goat song / Franz Werfel -- Merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare -- Scenes for two females: My sister in this house / Wendy Kesselman -- Antigone / Jean Anouilh -- Twelfth night / William Shakespeare -- Shadow of a man / Cherrie Moraga -- Album / David Rimmer -- As you like it / William Shakespeare.…”


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The last true poets of the sea by Drake, Julia

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Who hears in Shakespeare? auditory world, stage and screen

Table of Contents: “…Kliman -- Hark, a word in your ear : whispers, asides, and interpretation in Troilus and Cressida / Nova Myhill -- Mutes or audience to this act : eavesdroppers in Branagh's Shakespeare films / Philippa Sheppard -- Overhearing Malvolio for pleasure or pity : the letter scene and the dark house scene in Twelfth night on stage and screen / Gayle Gaskill -- But mark his gesture : hearing and seeing in Othello's eavesdropping scene / Erin Minear.…”
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Shakespeare and accentism

Table of Contents: “…The Indian accent vs. received pronunciation in productions of Twelfth night / Taarini Mookherjee -- "Rackers of orthography"? …”
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Theatre of the people : Donald Wolfit's Shakespearean productions, 1937-1953 by Raw, Laurence

Table of Contents: “…Francis Theatre, Letchworth, September 1941 -- A midsummer night's dream at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, September 1942 -- The merchant of Venice at the Opera House, Manchester, October 1943 -- King Lear at the Scala Theatre, London, April 1944 -- Twelfth night at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, October 1945 -- Othello at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 1946 -- As you like it at His Majesty's Theatre, Montreal, January, March 1947 -- The Merry wives of Windsor at the Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, March 1949 -- Macbeth at the Dudley Hippodrome, October 1950 -- The taming of the shrew at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, April 1953 -- The legacy.…”
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Shakespeare and accentism

Table of Contents: “…The Indian accent vs. received pronunciation in productions of Twelfth night / Taarini Mookherjee -- "Rackers of orthography"? …”
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English Studies in Transition : Papers from the Inaugural Conference of the European Society. by Boitani, Piero

Table of Contents: “…NATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: THE EXAMPLE OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCETRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE FOR THE THEATRE; 'SO FULL OF SHAPES IS FANCY': GENDER AND POINT OF VIEW IN TWELFTH NIGHT; PERICULOSA ET PESTILENS QUAESTIO: INTERROGATIVE DISCOURSE IN DONNE'S HOLY SONNETS; THE IMAGE OF THE OTHER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH EUROPEAN TRAVEL LITERATURE; COLERIDGE AND EARLY ITALIAN ART; FORD MADOX FORD AND EUROPEAN CULTURE; VIRGINIA WOOLF AND THE APPROPRIATION OF THE MASCULIN.…”
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Textual revisions : reading literature and film

Table of Contents: “…Front cover -- Title pages -- Copyright page -- Contents page -- Brian Baker -- Introduction -- Adapting the Nineteenth-Century Novel -- Deborah Wynne -- The Materialisation of the 'Austen World': Film Adaptations of Jane Austen's Novels -- Paul Foster -- 'The Amazing Cinematograph': Cinema and Illusion in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' -- Adapting the Twentieth-Century Novel -- Deniz Baker -- Modernist Writing, the Cinematic Image and Time -- William Stephenson -- From Image to Frame: The Filming of The French Lieutenant's Woman -- Adapting Drama -- Graham Atkin -- 'The Rain it Raineth in Every Frame': A Defence of Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night (1996) -- Ashley Chantler -- The Film of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker -- Adaptation and Genre -- Brian Baker -- 'Can You See?'…”
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Covering Shakespeare : an actor's saga of near misses and dogged endurance by Weston, David, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…; Richard III; Love's Labour's Lost; Romeo & Juliet; Richard II; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; King John; Henry IV Part One; Henry IV Part Two; Falstaff; Henry V; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will; Julius Caesar; Hamlet; Troilus and Cressida; All's Well That Ends Well…”
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The Duty of Poets

Table of Contents: “…Golden Age of English Theater (1:38) -- Poetry's Shifting Role (2:37) -- "Venus and Adonis" (1:53) -- Searching for Benefactors (1:31) -- A Catholic Resistor Betrayed (1:12) -- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2:05) -- Gift for a Queen (1:18) -- "Romeo and Juliet" (1:29) -- Love and Loss (1:13) -- Dealing with Personal Tragedy (4:13) -- Grieving the Loss of a Child (3:10) -- Trouble with the Law (2:13) -- Shakespeare's Mistress (4:08) -- Sir John Falstaff (2:39) -- Birth of the Modern Theater (1:53) -- A Threat to the Queen (2:35) -- Interrogation (2:42) -- Nearing the End of an Era (2:05) -- War of the Poets (2:07) -- "Twelfth Night" (1:31) -- "Hamlet" (1:55) -- "Othello" (6:31) -- Duty of Poets (2:05) -- Credits: The Duty of Poets (1:01)…”
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The complete plays and poems of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…The comedy of errors -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- Love's labour's lost -- A midsummer-night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- The taming of the shrew -- Much ado about nothing -- As you like it -- The merry wives of Windsor -- Twelfth night ; or, What you will -- Troilus and Cressida -- All's well that ends well -- Measure for measure -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- Cymbeline -- The winter's tale -- The tempest -- King John -- Richard the second -- The first part of Henry the fourth -- The second part of Henry the fourth -- Henry the fifth -- The first part of Henry the sixth --The second part of Henry the sixth -- The third part of Henry the sixth -- Richard the third -- Henry the eighth -- Titus Andronicus -- Romeo and Juliet -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet, prince of Denmark -- Othello, the Moor of Venice -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Timon of Athens -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- Venus and Adonis -- The rape of Lucrece -- Sonnets -- A lover's complaint -- The passionate pilgrim -- Sonnets to sundry notes of music -- The phoenix and the turtle.…”


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The Duty of Poets

Table of Contents: “…Golden Age of English Theater (1:38) -- Poetry's Shifting Role (2:37) -- "Venus and Adonis" (1:53) -- Searching for Benefactors (1:31) -- A Catholic Resistor Betrayed (1:12) -- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2:05) -- Gift for a Queen (1:18) -- "Romeo and Juliet" (1:29) -- Love and Loss (1:13) -- Dealing with Personal Tragedy (4:13) -- Grieving the Loss of a Child (3:10) -- Trouble with the Law (2:13) -- Shakespeare's Mistress (4:08) -- Sir John Falstaff (2:39) -- Birth of the Modern Theater (1:53) -- A Threat to the Queen (2:35) -- Interrogation (2:42) -- Nearing the End of an Era (2:05) -- War of the Poets (2:07) -- "Twelfth Night" (1:31) -- "Hamlet" (1:55) -- "Othello" (6:31) -- Duty of Poets (2:05) -- Credits: The Duty of Poets (1:01)…”
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Politeness in Shakespeare. by Bouchara, Abdelaziz

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The Wadsworth Shakespeare : the complete works by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…General Introduction -- Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism -- Shakespeare's Text -- Opening Pages of the First Folio -- The Comedy of Errors -- The Taming of the Shrew -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- Love's Labor's Lost -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- The Merchant of Venice -- The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Much Ado about Nothing -- As You Like It -- Twelfth Night, or What You Will -- The History of Troilus and Cressida -- All's Well That Ends Well -- Measure for Measure -- The First Part of Henry the Sixth -- The Second Part of Henry the Sixth -- The Third Part of Henry the Sixth -- The Tragedy of Richard the Third -- The Life and Death of King John -- The Tragedy of King Richard the Second -- The First Part of Henry the Fourth -- The Second Part of Henry the Fourth -- The Life of Henry the Fifth -- The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth -- The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus -- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet -- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar -- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice -- The Tragedy of King Lear -- The Tragedy of Macbeth -- The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra -- The Tragedy of Coriolanus -- The Life of Timon of Athens -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- Cymbeline -- The Winter's Tale -- The Tempest -- The Two Noble Kinsmen -- The Reign of King Edward the Third -- Sir Thomas More: The Additions Ascribed to Shakespeare -- Venus and Adonis -- The Rape of Lucrece -- Sonnets -- A Lover's Complaint -- The Passionate Pilgrim -- The Phoenix and Turtle -- A Funeral Elegy by W.S. -- Appendix A. …”


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The Norton Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…Table of contents by genre: [Comedies] The two gentlemen of Verona -- The taming of the shrew -- The comedy of errors -- Love's labour's lost -- A midsummer night's dream -- The comical history of the Merchant of Venice, or otherwise called the Jew of Venice -- The merry wives of windsor -- Much ado about nothing -- As you like it -- Twelfth night, or what you will -- Troilus and Cressida -- Measure for measure -- All's well that ends well -- The two noble kinsmen --- [Histories] The first part of the contention of the two famous houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI) -- The true tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth (3 Henry VI) -- The first part of Henry the Sixth -- The tragedy of Richard the Third -- The tragedy of King Richard the Second -- The life and death of King John -- The history of Henry the Fourth -- The life of Henry the Fifth -- All is true (Henry VIII) --- [Tragedies] The most lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus -- The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet -- The tragedy of Julius Caesar -- The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice -- The life of Timon of Athens -- The history of King Lear: the Quarto text -- The tragedy of King Lear: the folio text -- The tragedy of King Lear: a conflated text -- The tragedy of Macbeth -- The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra -- The tragedy of Coriolanus --- [Romances] Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- The winter's tale -- Cymbeline, King of Britain -- The tempest --- [Poetry] Venus and Adonis -- The rape of Lucrece -- The sonnets and "A lover's complaint" -- Various poems --- [Lost plays] Love's labour's won: a brief account -- Cardenio: a brief account.…”


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A spectator of theatre : uncollected reviews of R.H. Hutton by Hutton, Richard Holt, 1826-1897

Table of Contents: “…Fechter in melodrama -- Shakespeare in Germany -- "Settling day" -- "Twelfth Night" at the olympic -- Lord Dundreary's brother -- Mr. …”
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Signs and voices : deaf culture, identity, language, and arts

Table of Contents: “…Perlmutter -- Flying words: a conversation between Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner -- Visual Shakespeare: Twelfth Night and the value of ASL translation / Peter Novak -- ASL in performance: a conversation with Adrian Blue.…”


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A Companion to Shakespeare's Works : Volume 3, The Comedies. by Dutton, Richard

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