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Description: Secret Meanings in Shakespeare Applied to Stage Performance by Wendy Macphee, Susan Brock in depth study of hidden meaning within Shakespeare FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Here is a person who shares with me a love of Shakespeares mysterious depths of understanding. The ancient wisdom traditions underlie and sustain the incredible reflection of our souls in Shakespeare." Sir Mark Rylance, first artistic director of Shakespeares Globe, London (1995-2005). Eight arcana - alchemy, Renaissance Platonism (including Divine Love), Renaissance magic, the Cabala, Celtic mysticism and Old World religion, initiation, theurgy and the Bible - are identified by the author in Shakespeares plays as means to uncover long misunderstood mysteries and anomalies of his playwriting. Strange and unlikely events in the stage action of his plays are elucidated as metaphors of these arcana, all readily available to Shakespeare and other playwrights of his day. For example, in The Winters Tale Shakespeare tells of a seacoast of Bohemia on which the ship carrying the baby Perdita, mariners and the courtier Antigonus are wrecked in a storm, the latter being eaten by a bear. A reading of the play as a metaphor of chemical alchemy, clearly identified by the names of the characters and the stage action, shows how the scene is indicative of the alchemical stage of Putrefaction taking place in a bear-shaped vessel. In As You Like It, the reported action in the Forest of Arden where Orlando rescues his brother from a lion and a snake is sourced from several transforming arcana leading to brotherly reconciliation. SECRET MEANINGS IN SHAKESPEARE APPLIED TO STAGE PERFORMANCE is unique in that these meanings have been researched and developed specifically to inform stage performances by an international, professional theatre company - Theatre Set-Up (www.ts-u.co.uk). For over thirty years the authors esoteric interpretations have inspired and clarified the companys productions to widespread critical and audience acclaim. About the Author Wendy Jean Macphee (whose doctorate in arcana in Shakespeare was taken at the Shakespeare Institute of The University of Birmingham) was a teacher and lecturer in English, drama and music from 1960 to 2012 and was founder, administrator, artistic director, actor and musician for Theatre Set-Up which toured Shakespeares plays in heritage sites in the UK and in mainland Europe from 1976 to 2011. Long Description "Here is a person who shares with me a love of Shakespeares mysterious depths of understanding. The ancient wisdom traditions underlie and sustain the incredible reflection of our souls in Shakespeare." Sir Mark Rylance, first artistic director of Shakespeares Globe, London (1995-2005). Eight arcana - alchemy, Renaissance Platonism (including Divine Love), Renaissance magic, the Cabala, Celtic mysticism and Old World religion, initiation, theurgy and the Bible - are identified by the author in Shakespeares plays as means to uncover long misunderstood mysteries and anomalies of his playwriting. Strange and unlikely events in the stage action of his plays are elucidated as metaphors of these arcana, all readily available to Shakespeare and other playwrights of his day. For example, in The Winters Tale Shakespeare tells of a seacoast of Bohemia on which the ship carrying the baby Perdita, mariners and the courtier Antigonus are wrecked in a storm, the latter being eaten by a bear. A reading of the play as a metaphor of chemical alchemy, clearly identified by the names of the characters and the stage action, shows how the scene is indicative of the alchemical stage of Putrefaction taking place in a bear-shaped vessel. In As You Like It, the reported action in the Forest of Arden where Orlando rescues his brother from a lion and a snake is sourced from several transforming arcana leading to brotherly reconciliation. SECRET MEANINGS IN SHAKESPEARE APPLIED TO STAGE PERFORMANCE is unique in that these meanings have been researched and developed specifically to inform stage performances by an international, professional theatre company - Theatre Set-Up (www.ts-u.co.uk). For over thirty years the authors esoteric interpretations have inspired and clarified the companys productions to widespread critical and audience acclaim. About the Author Wendy Jean Macphee (whose doctorate in arcana in Shakespeare was taken at the Shakespeare Institute of The University of Birmingham) was a teacher and lecturer in English, drama and music from 1960 to 2012 and was founder, administrator, artistic director, actor and musician for Theatre Set-Up which toured Shakespeares plays in heritage sites in the UK and in mainland Europe from 1976 to 2011. Details ISBN1911124919 Author Susan Brock Pages 550 Year 2018 ISBN-10 1911124919 ISBN-13 9781911124917 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-05-31 Short Title Secret Meanings in Shakespeare Applied to Stage Performance Language English UK Release Date 2018-05-31 Imprint M-Y Books Place of Publication Hertford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 20 AU Release Date 2018-05-31 NZ Release Date 2018-05-31 Publisher M-Y Books Subtitle The Practice of Esoteric Arcana exploring the Plays Mysteries Edited by Susan Brock DEWEY 822.33 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:118587007;

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