Shakespearean Stage Production by Cecile De Banke - 1954

NY:: McGraw-Hill. Cover scratch, else VG, unmarked Hardback; owner's name; no DJ.. 1953. ISBN: xviii + 342 pp.. Catalogs: THEATER. Keywords: STAGE, THEATRE, SHAKESPEARE, THEATER, STAGING.

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 312 pages; Clean and secure in original light blue cloth binding with bright gilt lettering at spine in very good dustjacket with wear at spine ends and edges. An absorbing and original addition to Shakespeareana, this handbook of production is for all lovers of Shakespeare whether producer, player, scholar or spectator. In four sections, Staging, Actors and Acting, Costume, Music and Dance, it traces Shakespearean production from Elizabethan times to the 1950s when the book was published. This book suggests that Shakespeare should be performed today on the type of stage for which his plays were written. It analyses the development of the Elizabethan stage, from crude inn-yard performances to the building and use of the famous Globe. Since the Globe saw the enactment of some of the Bard's greatest dramas, its construction, properties, stage devices, and sound effects are reviewed in detail with… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Frontis., xviii, 342 pp., illus. Boards are worn and darkened, pages are mildly age toned.

Paperback / softback. New.

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.