Aug 21, 2008

Shakespeare's Influence | Shakespeare on the English Stage

The history of Shakespeare's plays in the theater is, in part, the history of their adaptation to the theatrical conditions and tastes of the age in which they were being performed; in very small part, it is the history of attempts to adapt theatrical conditions to imitate those of the period in which the plays were written; to a large extent, especially in more recent times, it is the history of attempts to realize the scripts as Shakespeare wrote them in terms acceptable to contemporary audiences. It is also the history of the actors, directors, designers, composers, theater managers, and...