Modern Shakespeare Offshoots / / Ruby Cohn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Cohn, Ruby,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1316
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Contents --; Chapter 1. A Mishmash of Adaptations and Transformations --; Chapter 2. Macbeth: Poor Players That Strut and Fret --; Chapter 3. Whole Hamlets of Tragical Speeches --; Chapter 4. Lear Come Lately --; Chapter 5. Peopling the Isle with Calibans --; Chapter 6. Triple Action Theatre --; Chapter 7. Shaw versus Shakes --; Chapter 8. Brecht Changes Shakespeare --; Chapter 9. Shakespearean Embers in Beckett --; Afterword --; Notes --; Appendix A: Published Offshoots in Dramatic Form --; Appendix B: Offshoots Discussed in the Book --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400867820; 9783110426847; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400867820
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ruby Cohn.

Shakespeare's plays have never had a larger audience than they do in our time. This wide viewing is complemented by modern scholarship, which has verified and elucidated the plays' texts. Nevertheless, Shakespeare's plays continue to be revised. In order to find out how and why he has been rewritten, Ruby Cohn examines modern dramatic offshoots in English, French, and German.Surveying drama intended for the serious theater, the author discusses modern versions of Shakespeare's plays, especially Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest. Although the focus is always on drama, contrast is supplied by fiction stemming from Hamlet and essays inspired by King Lear. The book concludes with an assessment of the influence of Shakespeare on the creative work of Shaw, Brecht, and Beckett.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.