This book is a masterful and engaging exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Concentrating on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare’s plays―such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism―Robert Brustein examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. More than simply a thematic study, the book reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. These prejudices, Brustein finds, are not unchanging; over time they vary in intensity and treatment. Shakespeare is an artist who invariably reflects the predilections of his age and yet almost always manages to transcend them. Brustein considers the whole of Shakespeare's plays, from the early histories to the later romances, though he gives special attention to Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and The Tempest. Drawing comparisons to plays by Marlowe, Middleton, and Marston, Brustein investigates how Shakespeare’s contemporaries were preoccupied with similar themes and how these different artists treated the current prejudices in their own ways. Rather than confining Shakespeare to his age, this book has the wonderful quality of illuminating both what he shared with his time and what is unique about his approach.

The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time

Literature & Fiction

Brustein, Robert

Dramas & Plays

Yale University Press

A major figure in the world of theater as critic, playwright, scholar, teacher, director, actor, and producer, Robert Brustein offers a unique perspective on the American stage and its artists. In this wise, witty, and wide-ranging collection of recent writings, Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theater in the post-9/11 years, analyzing specific plays, emerging and established performers, and theatrical production throughout the world. Brustein relates our theater to our society in a manner that reminds us why the performing arts matter. Millennial Stages records Brustein’s thinking on the important issues roiling the national soul” at the start of the twenty-first century. His opening section explores the connections between theater and society, theater and politics, and theater and religion, and it is followed by reviews of such landmark productions as The Producers and Spamalot, Long Day’s Journey into Night and King Lear. In his final section, Brustein reflects on people and places of importance in the world of theater today, including Marlon Brando and Arthur Miller and Australia and South Africa.

Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews 2001-2005

A major figure in the world of theater as critic, playwright, scholar, teacher, director, actor, and producer, Robert Brustein offers a unique perspective on the American stage and its artists. In this wise, witty, and wide-ranging collection of recent writings, Brustein examines crucial issues relating to theater in the post-9/11 years, analyzing specific plays, emerging and established performers, and theatrical production throughout the world. Brustein relates our theater to our society in a manner that reminds us why the performing arts matter. Millennial Stages records Brustein's thinking on the important issues ?roiling the national soul? at the start of the twenty-first century. His opening section explores the connections between theater and society, theater and politics, and theater and religion, and it is followed by reviews of such landmark productions as The Producers and Spamalot, Long Day's Journey into Night and King Lear. In his final section, Brustein reflects on people and places of importance in the world of theater today, including Marlon Brando and Arthur Miller and Australia and South Africa.]]>

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

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Making Scenes: a personal history of the turbulent years at Yale 1966-1979

Random

The Theatre of Revolt

METHUEN

A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

Hansberry, Lorraine

Signet

"At the heart of this simple book lies the key to many of the struggles we face these days, from being productive and achieving our goals, to getting healthy and fit in the face of fast food and inactivity, to finding simplicity and peace amidst chaos and confusion. That key itself is simple: focus. Our ability to focus will allow us to create in ways that perhaps we haven't in years. It'll allow us to slow down and find peace of mind. It'll allow us to simplify and focus on the essential things, the things that matter most."--Leo Babauta

1966 - 18th Printing - Movie Tie In Paperback of Play - Columbia Pictures - A Raisin In The Sun - By Lorraine Hansberry - Film Stars: sidney Poitier, Claudia MacNeil, Ruby Dee - Director: Daniel Petrie - 8 Pages of Photos - Book is VG Condition - Crease in cover top Right - Price Tag on cover - Collectible - OOP

The founder and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, as well as Harvard's American Repertory Theater, and the drama critic for The New Republic for going on thirty years, Robert Brustein is a living legend in theatrical circles. In Letters to a Young Actor, he not only seeks to inspire the multitudes of struggling dramatists out pounding the pavement, but also to reinvigorate the very state of the art of acting itself.Brustein is a man of strong opinions and formidable intellect. Stocked with a wealth of stories about the now rich and famous (he has at various points in his career cultivated such talent as actors Meryl Streep, Marisa Tomei, Cherry Jones, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Tony Shalhoub, Henry Winkler, Christopher Lloyd, Claire Bloom, and many, many more), he brings both passion and a peerless authority to his subject. His telling anecdotes from decades of experience help explain how and why those who made it big are the successes they are today-and what struggles they faced along the way. From why Method acting is not the answer, to the critical importance of paying attention in English Lit. classes, Brustein's advice is clear, persuasive, and inspiring.

Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance (Art of Mentoring)

Humor & Entertainment

Basic Books

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The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time

Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews 2001-2005

Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews 2001-2005

Making Scenes: a personal history of the turbulent years at Yale 1966-1979

The Theatre of Revolt

A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

A Raisin in the Sun and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance (Art of Mentoring)