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A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeareâs final Roman play -- .

Table of Contents

Series’ editors’ preface
Preface
Introduction: Coriolanus from the Seventeenth to the twentieth century
1. Olivier’s Coriolanus
2. Coriolanus and Brecht, 1951–71
3. Brechtian vestiges and Shakespeare-plus-relevance – the RSC’s Coriolanus 1972–73
4. Alan Howard on stage & screen
5. Shakespeare and Thatcher’s England – the 1984–85 NT Coriolanus
6. Shakespeare and Goulash Communism – Coriolanus in Budapest in 1985
7. Shakespeare meets the American public – The 1988–89 NYSF Coriolanus
8. Québécois Shakespeare goes global – Robert Lepage’s Coriolan
9. Bringing Shakespeare home or settling in comfortably? The New Globe’s 2006 Coriolanus
10. Coriolanus as failed action hero
Performance Appendix
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780719078675, 978-0719078675
      ISBN10: 719078679

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeareâs final Roman play -- .

      Table of Contents

      Series’ editors’ preface
      Preface
      Introduction: Coriolanus from the Seventeenth to the twentieth century
      1. Olivier’s Coriolanus
      2. Coriolanus and Brecht, 1951–71
      3. Brechtian vestiges and Shakespeare-plus-relevance – the RSC’s Coriolanus 1972–73
      4. Alan Howard on stage & screen
      5. Shakespeare and Thatcher’s England – the 1984–85 NT Coriolanus
      6. Shakespeare and Goulash Communism – Coriolanus in Budapest in 1985
      7. Shakespeare meets the American public – The 1988–89 NYSF Coriolanus
      8. Québécois Shakespeare goes global – Robert Lepage’s Coriolan
      9. Bringing Shakespeare home or settling in comfortably? The New Globe’s 2006 Coriolanus
      10. Coriolanus as failed action hero
      Performance Appendix
      Index

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