All these aspects arc revealed in reading
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All these aspects arc revealed in reading
but the play comes fully alive only in production, as visual images, actions and the spoken word coalesce to empha¬sise new meanings. The stage history of Troilus and Cressida is also essentially twentieth century, but theatre never occurs in a vacuum, and productions have changed radically over a hundred years, reflecting evolving theatrical practice, new crit ical approaches and shifting tastes and expectations of audiences during a period of wars and cultural revolution. MBT MBT outlet When first revived in England in 1907 andand in the United States in 1916, the play was treated as newly discovered Shakespeare. Except for conjectured early scvcntccnth-ccntury performances and Dryden's 1679 revision, which held the stage fitfully for half a century, MBT Troilus and Crtssida had no documented stage history until 1890s German revivals. The first twentieth-century producers were consequently free of precedents estab¬lished by eighteenth and nineteenth-century actor-managers regarding character delineation and set and costume design. Nor did audiences and critics have mem¬ories of prior productions to shape their expectations as they responded to the work of Fry, MBT shoes Poel and their early followers.Traditions have developed, but the text remains the starting point for fresh approaches, especially since i960, as professional performances rival Shake¬speare's more famous works in frequency. Concomitantly, approaches to dra¬matic literature have changed. Scholars and critics have given directors and performers a wider theoretical and interpretive base and Continental influences have been felt. MBT Outlet Occasional later productions or performances stand out as high points in various styles or have been particularly successful in coming to grips with the play's difficulties. Others highlight problems that arise if the treatment of this complex work is too idiosyncratic or not carefully controlled.
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