Shakespeare's Speaking PropertiesBucknell University Press, 1991 - 222 pages This book is the first attempt to discuss systematically the properties in Shakespeare's plays, and analyzes the properties that Shakespeare specifies either explicitly in stage directions or implicitly in speeches. Property lists for all of Shakespeare's plays and frequency tables for various categories of property are included. |
Contents
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Word Action Object | 15 |
The Good Properties of Bad Quartos | 35 |
Objects Comic and Comedic | 54 |
Spectacle Character Language | 79 |
This Chapter about Spectacle Is Not about Spectacle | 88 |
Object as Actor Caps Crowns and Characters | 121 |
Actor as Object The Petrified Woman | 142 |
Property Lists for Shakespeares Plays | 157 |
Property Categories and Frequency | 195 |
Notes | 198 |
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