The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale by Mary Judith Dunbar, published by Manchester University Press on November 15, 2010, is a comprehensive study that explores the performance of this Shakespearean play in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This edition, comprising 272 pages, delves into the evolving critical appreciation of The Winter’s Tale, highlighting its status as one of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed works. Dunbar examines the collaborative nature of theater, drawing on original interviews with actors, directors, and designers to illuminate the interpretive processes that bring the play to life.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of the various interpretations and productions of The Winter’s Tale, enriched by insights from theatre professionals. The book includes a final chapter by Carol Chillington Rutter, offering a comparative analysis of eight significant recent British productions. This scholarly work contributes to the fields of literary criticism and theater history, making it a valuable resource for scholars, educators, and theater enthusiasts interested in Shakespeare’s enduring impact on performance art.
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This illuminating study of The Winter’s Tale in performance in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, contributes to understanding the growth during that time of high critical esteem for The Winter’s Tale, now one of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed plays. Writing about performance as a richly collaborative living art, and drawing upon her original interview material unavailable elsewhere, Dunbar learns from and gives voice to the work of actors, directors, designers and other theatre professionals whose labor and interpretive discoveries have made it possible for audiences to experience the play’s multiple potentialities in the theatre. The book’s last chapter, by Carol Chillington Rutter, contributes a richly layered and highly engaging comparative analysis of eight of the most important recent British productions of the play. Dunbar makes a significant contribution to understanding The Winter’s Tale which will be of great interest to scholars, teachers, and students of Shakespeare, to theatre lovers, and to all involved in productions of the play.
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