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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts by Richa
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- ISBN-13
- 9780313273346
- Book Title
- Orson Welles on Shakespeare
- ISBN
- 9780313273346
- Publication Name
- Orson Welles on Shakespeare : the w. P. A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Series
- Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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This fascinating work will prove valuable for collections in film, theater history, and Shakespearean production. . . . The book includes fascinating production photos and helpful notes in which the original acts and scenes are identified, thus showing the extent to which Welles rearranged Shakespeare by shuffling acts and scenes, dropping characters, and by merging related narratives. . . . Recommended for all libraries. Choice This volume contains the fully annotated playscripts of Orson Welles' celebrated adaptations of three Shakespearean plays. Texts for the Voodoo Macbeth and the modern dress Julius Caesar are stage managers' working copies used by the Federal Theatre Project of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and the Mercury Theatre; the version of Five Kings , Welles' compilation of the history plays and his theatrical masterpiece, is the oldest surviving text, and is the fullest and most inclusive. This is the first publication of these materials, which were originally produced by Welles between 1936 and 1939. Orson Welles' New York directorial debut was made in 1936 with his production of the Voodoo Macbeth. Richard France's introduction provides invaluable background information that relates the three plays and their productions to the contemporary social, historical, political, and economic climate of the 30s, in discussions that touch not only on the W.P.A., but also on the effect of the American Communist Party ideology on theatre arts and criticism, on the composition of theatre audiences, and on the expectations of such fervently liberal or leftist audiences. France contends that Welles, in his W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre productions, presided over a unique marriage of art and the highly politicized popular culture of the day. These productions ensured Welles' enormous success and have earned him an important niche in American social and cultural history. Following the general introduction, the volume is divided into three sections. A preface to each of the scripts contains further biographical and background data relevant to that play, as well as critical materials, production photos, and facsimile pages. Information about the creation and production of Voodoo Macbeth (1936), Julius Caesar (1937), and Five Kings (1939) was gathered in numerous interviews with Welles' W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre collaborators. Each playscript is proceeded by production credits and a cast list and followed by a section of notes that contains Welles' own directorial marginalia. This singular and very focused volume will be a distinguished addition to courses in American Drama, American Studies, Play Production, and in courses that explore idiosyncratic productions of Shakespeare.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313273340
ISBN-13
9780313273346
eBay Product ID (ePID)
147976
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Orson Welles on Shakespeare : the w. P. A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Series
Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
No. 30
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Pr2877
Volume Number
30
Table of Content
Preface Introduction Macbeth Preface Production Credits and Cast Act One Act Two Act Three Notes to Macbeth Julius Caesar Preface Production Credits and Cast Playscript Notes to Julius Caesar Five Kings Preface Production Credits and Cast Act One Act Two Act Three Notes to Five Kings Selected Bibliography
Copyright Date
1990
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Theater / General, Theater / History & Criticism, Shakespeare, Popular Culture, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Lccn
90-032464
Dewey Decimal
792.09747109043
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Drama, Social Science, Performing Arts
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