Shakespeare and the Authority of Performance
- ISBN-10
- 0521558999
- ISBN-13
- 9780521558990
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-09-25
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- William B. Worthen, Worthen William B.
Description
How the idea of Shakespearean authority is still invested in the activities of directing, acting, and scholarship.
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- 1997-09-25
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