Fangs Of Malice

Author : Matthew H Wikander
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587294176
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fangs Of Malice written by Matthew H Wikander and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse. The “antitheatrical prejudice” offers a unique perspective on the high value that modern western culture places on sincerity, on being true to one's own self. Taking a cue from the antitheatrical critics themselves, Matthew Wikander structures his book in acts and scenes, each based on a particular slander against actors. A prologue introduces his main issues. Act One deals with the proposition “They Dress Up”: foppish slavery to fashion, cross-dressing, and dressing as clergy. Act Two treats the proposition “They Lie” by focusing on social dissembling and the phenomenon of the self-deceiving hypocrite and the public, princely hypocrite. Act Three, “They Drink,” examines a wide range of antisocial behavior ascribed to actors, such as drinking, gambling, and whoring. An epilogue ties the ancient ideas of possession and the panic that actors inspire to contemporary anxieties about representation not only in theatre but also in the visual and literary arts. Fangs of Malice will be of great interest to scholars and students of drama as well as to theatre professionals and buffs.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Classic Books Company
ISBN 13 : 0742652947
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelfth Night written by William Shakespeare and published by Classic Books Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable texts * High quality introductions and notes * New, more readable trade trim size * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts

Author : Janet Key
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316669342
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelfth written by Janet Key and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better Nate Than Ever meets The Parker Inheritance in this heartwarming mystery about finding your people and accepting others as they are. Twelve-year-old Maren is sure theater camp isn’t for her. Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy people: people like her older sister, Hadley—the last person Maren wants to think about—and her cinema-obsessed, nonbinary bunkmate, Theo. But when a prank goes wrong, Maren gets drawn into the hunt for a diamond ring that, legend has it, is linked to the camp’s namesake, Charlotte “Charlie” Goodman, a promising director in Blacklist Era Hollywood. When Maren connects the clues to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, she and her new friends are off searching through lighting booths, orchestra pits and costume storages, discovering the trail and dodging camp counselors. But they’re not the only ones searching for the ring, and with the growing threat of camp closing forever, they're almost out of time.

Author : Amy Lawrence
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520945824
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Passion of Montgomery Clift written by Amy Lawrence and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his 1948 film debut in Red River through such classics as The Heiress, A Place in the Sun, and From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Clift exemplified a new masculinity and—leading the way for a generation of actors, including Marlon Brando and James Dean—epitomized the new naturalistic style of acting. Clift’s impact was such that, both during his troubled life and after his untimely death, fans described the actor in religious terms, characterizing Clift as a vision, acolyte, and martyr. In The Passion of Montgomery Clift, Amy Lawrence challenges the myth of Clift as tragic victim by examining Clift’s participation in the manipulation of his image, his collaborations with directors, his relationships with costars, and his interactions with writers.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelfth Night written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shakespeare Phrase Book written by John Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dinitia Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439131767
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illusionist written by Dinitia Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When charming magician Dean Lily shows up in a decaying small town, he wins the hearts of the women of the town—but what they don't know is that Dean has more secrets and tricks than a simple sleight of hand. The Illusionist is the sensuous and haunting tale of Dean Lily, an amateur magician whose arrival in Sparta, New York, upsets the landscape of this small town on the wane. Dean, a master of the sleight of hand, is also a master of seduction and charm—which becomes apparent as he woos and wins the hearts of more than one of Sparta's female citizens. But the enigmatic newcomer has more to hide than the tricks of his trade—his mysterious identity as a transgendered person, and his closely guarded privacy arouse suspicion and jealousy—and while he cures Sparta of its midwinter ennui, he also unleashes a destructive force that rocks the foundations of this town to its core. Inspired in part by a true story, The Illusionist is a fiercely erotic novel that thwarts conventions of gender and love.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of Shakespeare ....: Twelfth night; or, What you will, ed. by M. Luce written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: