Ben Jonson and the Theatre A Critical and Practical Introduction

Name: Ben Jonson and the Theatre A Critical and Practical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780415179805

ISBN-10: 0415179807

ISBN-13: 9780415179805

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard Cave, Elizabeth Schafer, Brian Woolland, Sam Mendes, Geoffrey Rush

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This collection is an investigation and celebration of the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. Reflecting the increasing interest in Renaissance drama,Ben Jonson and the Theatrebridges the theory/practice divide by debating how Jonson's drama operates in performance, and including discussions with and between practitioners. With essays by Sam Mendes, Geoffrey Rush, Genista McIntosh, John Nettles, Joan Littlewood and Simon Russell-Beale this collection explores Jonson on stage, in the classroom, and his relationship to women. It is an important volume that suggests new perspectives and new possibilities of engaging with the work of Ben Jonson.

Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/19/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgements


Preface


Induction


Prologue: Who is Lovewit? What is he?




Ben Jonson and the theatre (as it is and as it might be)



Script and performance




Visualising Jonson's text




Designing for Jonson's plays




Acting in Jonson - a conversation with John Nettles and Simon Russell-Beale




Directing Jonson




Sam Mendes talks to Brian Woolland



Working with Jonson



Introduction




First encounters




Jonson as Shakespeare's Other




Contradictions




The gift of silence




Genista McIntosh: Casting and marketing Jonson



Marginalised Jonsons



Introduction




Daughters of Ben




'Twill fit the players yet': Women and theatre in Jonson's late plays




Jonson down under: An Australian Alchemist



Epilogue to this 'venture tripartite'



The conference 'Ben Jonson and the Theatre', University of Reading, January 1996


Bibliography


Index