Like a King

Like a King

Christina Gutierrez-Dennehy

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2020
Materia
Estudios teatrales
ISBN:
9781683932543
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Like a King argues that strategic casting positions Shakespeare’s histories as spaces for American political discourse. Drawing from the archive and the rehearsal room, the book examines productions of Richard II, Henry V and King John in the renaissance and the twenty-first century.

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