Shakespeare’s Dramatic Persons (Shakespeare and the Stage)

Shakespeare’s Dramatic Persons (Shakespeare and the Stage)
by Travis Curtright (Author) – December 7, 2016

In Shakespeare’s Dramatic Persons, Travis Curtright examines the influence of the classical rhetorical tradition on early modern theories of acting in a careful study of and selection from Shakespeare’s most famous characters and successful plays. Curtright demonstrates that “personation”—the early modern term for playing a role—is a rhetorical acting style that could provide audiences with lifelike characters and action, including the theatrical illusion that dramatic persons possess interiority or inwardness.
Shakespeare’s Dramatic Persons focuses on major characters such as Richard III, Katherina, Benedick, and Iago and ranges from Shakespeare’s early to late work, exploring particular rhetorical forms and how they function in five different plays. At the end of this study, Curtright envisions how Richard Burbage, Shakespeare’s best actor, might have employed the theatrical convention of directly addressing audience members.

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Product Details
Series: Shakespeare and the Stage
Hardcover: 196 pages
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (December 7, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 161147938X
ISBN-13: 978-1611479386
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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Author This Book

Travis Curtright is associate professor of humanities and literature at Ave Maria University, where he directs the minor of studies in Shakespeare in Performance. He is the author of The One Thomas More and coeditor of Shakespeare's Last Plays: Readings in Literature and Politics.