John Russell Brown
Contributor
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Author of Shakespeare, Actors, and Audiences and others; editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre and editions of Shakespeare's plays.
Primary Contributions (1)
William Shakespeare was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. (Read: The Shakespeare Authorship Question) Shakespeare occupies a position unique in world literature. Other poets, such as Homer and…
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Publications (4)
Studying Shakespeare in Performance (July 2011)
John Russell Brown is arguably the most influential scholar in the field of Shakespeare in performance. This collection brings together and makes accessible his most important writings across the past half-century or so. Ranging across space, words, audiences, directors and themes, the book maps John Russell Brown's search for a fuller understanding of Shakespeare's
plays in performance. New introductory notes for each chapter give a fascinating insight into his critical and scholarly journey....
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plays in performance. New introductory notes for each chapter give a fascinating insight into his critical and scholarly journey....
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (2010)
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The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatreâe(tm)s most talented directors have brought Shakespeareâe(tm)s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story to tell as it explores a new and revitalising approach to the most familiar works in the English language.
A must-have work of reference for students of both Shakespeare and theatre,...
Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event (September 2002)
In his latest book, John Russell Brown offers a new and revealing way of reading and studying Shakespeare's plays, focusing on what a play does for an audience, as well as what its text says. By considering the entire theatrical experience and not only what happens on stage, Brown takes his readers back to the major texts with a fuller understanding of their language, and an enhanced view of a play's theatrical potential.
Chapters on theatre-going, playscripts, acting, parts to perform, interplay,...
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Chapters on theatre-going, playscripts, acting, parts to perform, interplay,...
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (2001)
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international, multicultural drama in the late twentieth century, and from Sophocles and Aristophanes to George Gershwin and Harold Pinter.
Here are the playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and more, accessibly and attractively...
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Here are the playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and more, accessibly and attractively...