UID:
edocfu_9959245660402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (128 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-97757-1
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9786612977572
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1-4411-3936-2
Serie:
Shakespeare Now!
Inhalt:
Outlaws, irreverent humorists, political underdogs, authoritarians - and the silhouette, throughout, of a contemporary Australian woman: these are some of the figures who emerge from Philippa Kelly's extraordinary personal tale, The King and I . Kelly uses Shakespeare's King Lear as it has never been used before - to tell the story of Australia and Australians through the intimate journey she makes with Shakespeare's old king, whose struggles and torments are touchstones for the variety, poignancy and humour of Australian life. We hear the shrieking of birds and feel the heat of dusty towns, a
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; General Editors' Preface to the Second-Wave of the Series; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Speak what we feel, not what, we ought to say.'; 1. Fathers and Mothers; 2. Twenty Years Have Passed; 3. Playing the Fool; 4. Polemics; 5. The Meaning of Words: Changing the Stage; 6. Age is Unnecessary; 7. The Man as the King, the King in the Man; Notes; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4411-1164-6
Sprache:
Englisch
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