Shakespeare's Dramatic Structures [Paperback]

First published in 1986.

The focus of this book is the dramatic strategies of scenic repetition and character separation. The author traces the way in which Shakesperare often presents recurring gestures, dramatic interactions, and complex scenic structures at widely separated intervals in a play - thereby providing an internal system of cross-reference for an audience. He also examines the way in which Shakespeare increases the dramatic voltage in central relationships by limiting the access key characters have to each other on stage. These strategies, it is argued, are indelible marks of Shakespeare's craftsmanship which survive all attempts to obliterate it in many modern productions.This book shows the dramatic strategies of scenic repetition and character separation. It traces the way in which Shakespeare often presents recurring gestures, dramatic interactions and complex scenic structures at widely separated intervals.Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1 Look where it comes again; Chapter 2 Thrice three times the value of this bond; Chapter 3 The journey from wherefore art thou Romeo? to Where is my Romeo?; Chapter 4 What's yet behind, that's meet you all should know; Part 2; Chapter 5 But when they seldom come, they wished-for come; Chapter 6 How to shoot an arrow o'er the house to hurt your brother; Chapter 7 And what's he then that says I play the villain;US? 1986 Anthony Brennan