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Jacques Copeau and Shakespeare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

David Gild
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During the last quarter century the majority of France's greatest stage directors have drawn extensively from Jacques Copeau's rich legacy of teaching, directing, and acting, thus establishing his theatrical paternity for all time. The fame of his innovations is international, and an ordinary summary of his work would only contribute to the obvious. However, a discussion of Copeau's Shakespearean productions can be fruitful since he was the first one in France to establish the English-speaking tradition of producing Shakespeare. And, as Antoine before him, his finest hour was demonstrated in Shakespearean production.

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Research Article
Information
Theatre Survey , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , May 1964 , pp. 1 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © American Society for Theatre Research 1964

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NOTES

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19 Photographs of the original production can be found in Le Théâtre, No. 372 (Paris, June, 1914). Also, photographs of the 1920 revival are excellently reproduced in L'Encyclopédie du Théâtre Contemporain (Paris, 1957), vol. 1 and Les Etudes Anglaises, No. 2 (Paris, June, 1960).

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