A Short Guide to Shakespeare's Plays
By: John Goodwin
Language: English
Quality: Good
Genre: Classics,
ISBN: 97004470
SKU: BE501142915692
Pages: 80
Description: The present age has been remarkable for a great renaissance of popular interest in Shakespeare's plays. It began in the late 1940s and early 1950s when a new audience, reacting against the austerities imposed during the war, took to the riches of Shakespeare hungrily. That enthusium has continually grown. There is now a public for the plays far bigger than at any other time in their history. The result is exceptionally powerful productions — sometimes so strong and original that they shift settled views about the plays themselves. But those views are volatile. They change the next time the same thing happens. Descriptions of key modern productions are not therefore featured in this book. It is witten as a lasting guide, simply to indicate the story and general flavour of each of the plays. Its chief aim is to encourage people actually to see them in the theatre.