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urn:uuid:74d1a9f7-7fb9-4767-a406-5e5aa162228c 03 01 01 urn:uuid:74d1a9f7-7fb9-4767-a406-5e5aa162228c 15 9781906924324 06 10.11647/OBP.0011 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ 01 01 The Theatre of Shelley 1 A01 Jacqueline Mulhallen First edition. 01 eng 00 310 03 12 DSG 10 LIT004120 04 PR5438 B2 Theatre 12 DSBF 10 LIT004180 B2 Literature B2 European Studies 10 LIT013000 B2 European Studies: English and Irish Studies 01 06 03 00 <p>This is the first full-length study of Shelley’s plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley’s role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his "closet dramas" as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley’s dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet’s stagecraft, and analyses performances of his plays from the Georgian period to today. In addition, Mulhallen offers details of the productions Shelley saw in England and Italy, many not identified before, as well as a vivid account of the actors and personalities that constituted the theatrical scene of his time. Her research reveals Shelley as an extraordinarily talented playwright, whose fascination with contemporary theatrical theory and practice seriously challenges the notion that he was a reluctant dramatist. Prof. Stephen Behrendt (Nebraska) has described the book as "wonderfully convincing" and "something wholly new in Shelley studies", while Prof. Tim Webb (Bristol) describes Mulhallen as having a "more precisely developed sense of the theatrical possibilities of Shelley's work than almost anybody who has written about Shelley". The Theatre of Shelley is essential reading for anyone interested in Romanticism, nineteenth-century culture and the history of theatre.</p> 04 00 Introduction 1. The Theatrical Context: The Georgian Theatre in England 2. Shelley’s Theatregoing, Playreading and Criticism 3. Practical Technique: The Cenci 4. Turning History into Art: Charles the First 5. Ideal Drama: Prometheus Unbound 6. Drama for a Purpose: Hellas & Fragments of an Unfinished Drama 7. Satirical Comedy: Swellfoot the Tyrant Conclusion Appendix I: List of Performances Seen by Shelley Appendix II: The Programme of Songs with the Performance of Douglas Select Bibliography Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 16 The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Charitable Trust Cambridge, UK 04 01 20101201 2010 06 15 9781906924300 06 15 9781906924317 06 15 9781906924324 06 15 9781800644380 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0011.pdf 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0011 99 01