Book Description
This collection is an investigation and celebration of the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. Reflecting the increasing interest in Renaissance drama,Ben Jonson and the Theatre bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how Jonson's drama operates in performance, and including discussions with and between practitioners. With essays by Sam Mendes, Geoffrey Rush, Genista McIntosh, John Nettles, Joan Littlewood and Simon Russell-Beale this collection explores Jonson on stage, in the classroom, and his relationship to women. It is an important volume that suggests new perspectives and new possibilities of engaging with the work of Ben Jonson.


About the Author
Richard Cave and Elizabeth Schafer teach at Royal Holloway, University of London. Brian Woolland teaches at Reading University.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This collection is an investigation and celebration of the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. Reflecting the increasing interest in Renaissance drama,Ben Jonson and the Theatre bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how

Jonson's drama operates in performance, and including discussions with and between practitioners.

With essays by Sam Mendes, Geoffrey Rush, Genista McIntosh, John Nettles, Joan Littlewood and Simon Russell-Beale this collection explores Jonson on stage, in the classroom, and his

relationship to women. It is an important volume that suggests new perspectives and new possibilities of engaging with the work of Ben Jonson.

that may be lost through simply reading. [I]t generates a new and illuminating perspective on Jonson's technical excellence and imaginative stage-craft in his writing for the theatre. (Lesley Mickel)