This book delves into the evolution of Shakespearean performances in England during the past ten years, examining trends, innovations, and the cultural impact of these interpretations. It highlights key productions, notable directors, and the ways in which contemporary issues have influenced the staging and reception of Shakespeare's works. Through insightful analysis, it offers a comprehensive overview of how the Bard's plays continue to resonate with modern audiences.
A military hero of ancient Rome who attempts to shift from his career as a general to become a candidate for public office — a disastrous move that leads to his heading an attack on Rome. The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, Coriolanus is a timeless tale of pride, revenge, and political chicanery.
Focusing on the Restoration period, this book explores the intersection of theatre history and literary criticism through an in-depth analysis of play staging. Peter Holland examines how performances were shaped by the cultural and historical context of the time, providing insights into the artistic and societal influences that defined Restoration theatre.
The book explores the micro-economic reforms implemented at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard, once notorious for inefficiency and unrest. It highlights the deregulation of the labor market as a key strategy to improve work practices and performance. By documenting the dockyard's transformation following its sale as the first public utility in 1988, the research emphasizes the importance of integrating diverse work patterns, strong management commitment, and a revamped industrial relations framework to enhance organizational effectiveness.
What does it signify when a Shakespearean character forgets something or when Hamlet determines to 'wipe away all trivial fond records'? How might forgetting be an act to be performed, or be linked to forgiveness, such as when in The Winter's Tale Cleomenes encourages Leontes to 'forget your evil. / With them, forgive yourself'? And what do we as readers and audiences forget of Shakespeare's works and of the performances we watch? This is the first book devoted to a broad consideration of how Shakespeare explores the concept of forgetting and how forgetting functions in performance. A wide-ranging study of how Shakespeare dramatizes forgetting, it offers close readings of Shakespeare's plays, considering what Shakespeare forgot and what we forget about Shakespeare. The book touches on an equally broad range of forgetting theory from antiquity through to the present day, of forgetting in recent novels and films, and of creative ways of making sense of how our world constructs the cultural meaning of and anxiety about forgetting. Drawing on dozens of productions across the history of Shakespeare on stage and film, the book explores Shakespeare's dramaturgy, from characters who forget what they were about to say, to characters who leave the stage never to return, from real forgetting to performed forgetting, from the mad to the powerful, from playgoers to Shakespeare himself.
Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies.
Im Jahr 2014 jährt sich die Entdeckung des Logarithmus durch den schottischen Gelehrten John Napier zum 400. Mal. Aus diesem Anlass präsentiert das Arithmeum Bonn von November 2013 bis Mai 2014 eine Auswahl der mehr als 4000 Rechenschieber zählenden Sammlung, die der Niederländer Ijzebrand Schuitema (1929-2013) in über 40 Jahren zusammengetragen und dem Arithmeum geschenkt hat. Der Katalog zur Ausstellung stellt die geniale Idee des Rechenschiebers vor, zeigt seine interessante Geschichte und behandelt die Vielfalt dieses Recheninstruments, das für zahlreiche Berufsgruppen nicht wegzudenken war und noch bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert in unterschiedlichsten Formen Verwendung fand. Die Einführung des Taschenrechners bedeutete den Untergang dieses kulturhistorisch faszinierenden Objekts. Zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen geben Einblick in die Welt der Skalen und Logarithmen.
Durch die Verwendung von Verbundwerkstoffen im Flugmodellbau ist es möglich, Aussehen, Festigkeit und Haltbarkeit zu verbessern. Dem Leser werden viele praktische Tipps für den Eigenbau gegeben, beginnend bei der einfachen Kabinenhaube bis hin zum selbstgeformten Kunststoffrumpf. Tragflächenbeschichtung, Kompositholme, Reifen aus Silikongummi, Unterdruckformen, Motorverkleidungen, Ausrundungen und Übergänge sind nur einige Themen. Reparaturen, Verfahren und handwerkliche Tricks vervollständigen dieses für den fortschrittlichen Modellbauer ungemein nützliche Buch.
