Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre PlayscriptsRichard France Routledge, 2013 M04 15 - 336 pages This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.P.A Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre adaptations, including the "Voodoo" Macbeth, the modern-dress Julius Caesar and Welles' compilation of history plays, Five Kings. |
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... Julius Caesar , and Welles's Five kings , adapted from Shakespeare and based on Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England , Scotland , and Ireland . Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) . ISBN 0-415-93726-4 1. Shakespeare ...
... Julius Caesar , and Welles's Five kings , adapted from Shakespeare and based on Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England , Scotland , and Ireland . Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) . ISBN 0-415-93726-4 1. Shakespeare ...
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... Editor's Note Foreword by Simon Callow Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION MACBETH Preface Act One Act Two Act Three Notes to Macbeth JULIUS CAESAR Preface Playscript Notes to Julius Caesar FIVE KINGS Preface Act One Table of Contents.
... Editor's Note Foreword by Simon Callow Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION MACBETH Preface Act One Act Two Act Three Notes to Macbeth JULIUS CAESAR Preface Playscript Notes to Julius Caesar FIVE KINGS Preface Act One Table of Contents.
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... Julius Caesar . Ground plan and elevation for Julius Caesar . Welles as Brutus , with Joseph Holland as Caesar and Martin Gabel as Cassius . Welles standing over the Nuremberg lights . Facsimile page from Five Kings . Master Plans 1 and ...
... Julius Caesar . Ground plan and elevation for Julius Caesar . Welles as Brutus , with Joseph Holland as Caesar and Martin Gabel as Cassius . Welles standing over the Nuremberg lights . Facsimile page from Five Kings . Master Plans 1 and ...
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... Julius Caesar ( 1937 ) , and his compilation of the history plays , Five Kings ( 1939 ) -for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project and Welles's own Mercury Theatre . With the publication of these playscripts ...
... Julius Caesar ( 1937 ) , and his compilation of the history plays , Five Kings ( 1939 ) -for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project and Welles's own Mercury Theatre . With the publication of these playscripts ...
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... Julius Caesar and a version of Richard III sometimes known as Winter of Discontent , in streamlined editions created by himself ; sixty minutes was the time limit , so he learned how to pare away anything but the bare essentials . Later ...
... Julius Caesar and a version of Richard III sometimes known as Winter of Discontent , in streamlined editions created by himself ; sixty minutes was the time limit , so he learned how to pare away anything but the bare essentials . Later ...
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