Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the PresentDaniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier Routledge, 2014 M05 1 - 328 pages Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include |
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... thee here , / Thou noble thing , more dances my rapt heart / Than when I first my wedded mistress saw / Bestride my threshold ' ( 4.5.113-118 ; all Shakespeare quotations are from Evans's The Riverside Shakespeare ) . The fifth scene of ...
... thee . ROWLAND I had rather - LIVIA Pr'ythee , believe me ! If I do not carry it , For both our goods - ROWLAND But - LIVIA What but ? ROWLAND I would tell you . LIVIA I know all you can tell me : All's but this ; You would have me ...
... thee there , wench ! What a grief of heart is't , When Paphos ' revels should up - rouse old Night , To sweat against a cork , to lie and tell The clock o ' th ' lungs , to rise sport - starved ! LIVIA Dear sister , Where have you been ...
... thee , Livia ; had this fellow tired As many wives as horses under him , With spurring of their patience ; had he got A patent , with an office to reclaim us , Confirm'd by parliament ; had he all the malice And subtilty of devils , or ...
... thee all to pieces ; Thou hast not breath enough to say thy prayers . PETRONIUS See how these boys despise us ! - Will you to bed , son ? This pride will have a fall . PETRUCHIO Upon your daughter ; But I shall rise again , if there be ...
Contents
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The History of King Lear | 66 |
A Dramatic Fragment | 97 |
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | 125 |
uMabatha | 164 |
Measure for Measure | 188 |
Hamletmachine | 208 |
A Play About a Handkerchief | 233 |
This Islands Mine | 255 |
Harlem Duet | 285 |
Further Adaptations | 318 |