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The Roman Actor Martin White

The Roman Actor par Martin White

The Roman Actor Martin White


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Résumé

Edition of Philip Massinger's most renowned play, part of the inestimable Revels Plays; for all students and academics of early modern drama

The Roman Actor Résumé

The Roman Actor: By Philip Massinger Martin White

Philip Massinger's tragedy The Roman Actor, was first performed in 1626, as King James I's reign came to an end and his son Charles I acceded to the throne. Three years later, when the play was published, relations between the king and many in parliament and the country had worsened. The Roman Actor - until recently neglected in the theatre but regarded by many critics, and Massinger himself, as his finest play - explores the balance between private and public moralities, effectively condemns tyranny, and defends plays, anatomising both the theatre of power and the power of theatre.

This new Revels Plays volume provides a modernised text, with a thorough introduction that sets out Massinger's intervention in the political tensions of his own time and examines his clear-eyed portrayal of the pleasures and perils of performance. It also includes a detailed commentary on the play designed to be of value to students, specialist readers and performers, and an appendix discussing the play's textual history. The edition focuses on the play's theatrical life in its own time and ours and, in addition to a detailed stage history, includes an interview with Sir Antony Sher, who played the role of the tyrannical Roman emperor, Domitian, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production in 2002.

À propos de Martin White

Martin White is Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol Martin White is Professor of Theatre at the University of Bristol

Sommaire

List of illustrations
General Editors' preface
Preface
Abbreviations and references
Introduction
Massinger's Life and Work
Date of The Roman Actor
Sources
The Contemporary World of The Roman Actor
The Play
Stage History
Notes
Select Bibliography
THE ROMAN ACTOR
Appendix 1: The text
Appendix 2: the King's College, Cambridge, quarto
Appendix 3: Antony Sher: Playing Domitian

Informations supplémentaires

GOR005677625
9780719087813
0719087813
The Roman Actor: By Philip Massinger Martin White
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Manchester University Press
2012-05-30
268
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