Orgel, Stephen
Overview
Works: | 317 works in 1,167 publications in 5 languages and 28,512 library holdings |
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Genres: | Drama Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Tragicomedies Domestic fiction History Romance fiction Comedy plays Masques Juvenile works |
Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Contributor, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Thesis advisor, Creator, htt, Redactor, win, Compiler, pub, 340 |
Classifications: | PR2833.A2, 822.33 |
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Most widely held works about
Stephen Orgel
- Insignium, armorum : London, 1588 by Abraham Fraunce( Book )
- Oberon, the faery prince : a masque of Prince Henries, 1611 by Ben Jonson( Visual )
Most widely held works by
Stephen Orgel
Patronage in the Renaissance by
Stephen Orgel(
)
18 editions published between 1981 and 2014 in English and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The fourteen essays in this collection explore the dominance of patronage in Renaissance politics, religion, theatre, and artistic life. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
18 editions published between 1981 and 2014 in English and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The fourteen essays in this collection explore the dominance of patronage in Renaissance politics, religion, theatre, and artistic life. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
The age of innocence by
Edith Wharton(
)
20 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,651 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. A brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which Wharton grew up, and from which she spent her life escaping. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but he also recognizes its limitations. His engagement to the impeccable May Welland assures him of a safe and conventional future, until the arrival of May's cousin Ellen Olenska puts all his plans in jeopardy. Independent, free thinking, scandalously separated from her husband, Ellen forces Archer to question the values and assumptions of his narrow world. As their love for each other grows, Archer has to decide where his ultimated loyalty lies."--Jacket
20 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,651 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. A brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which Wharton grew up, and from which she spent her life escaping. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but he also recognizes its limitations. His engagement to the impeccable May Welland assures him of a safe and conventional future, until the arrival of May's cousin Ellen Olenska puts all his plans in jeopardy. Independent, free thinking, scandalously separated from her husband, Ellen forces Archer to question the values and assumptions of his narrow world. As their love for each other grows, Archer has to decide where his ultimated loyalty lies."--Jacket
The tempest by
William Shakespeare(
Book
)
65 editions published between 1986 and 2015 in English and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art. Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest, and reassesses the evidence behind the various readings. He focuses on key characters and their roles and relationships, as well as on the dramatic, historical, and political context, finding the play to be both more open and more historically determined than traditional views have allowed
65 editions published between 1986 and 2015 in English and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art. Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest, and reassesses the evidence behind the various readings. He focuses on key characters and their roles and relationships, as well as on the dramatic, historical, and political context, finding the play to be both more open and more historically determined than traditional views have allowed
The Jonsonian masque by
Stephen Orgel(
Book
)
36 editions published between 1965 and 1981 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
36 editions published between 1965 and 1981 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Imagining Shakespeare : a history of texts and visions by
Stephen Orgel(
Book
)
15 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this illustrated book, one of the foremost Shakespeareans of our time explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined from his time to ours. In wide-ranging discussions of plays as disparate as Henry V, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and The Winter's Tale, six richly detailed chapters anatomize the changing nature of dramatic representation over the centuries. Drawing on performance history, textual history and the visual arts, including a fascinating chapter on Shakespearean portraiture, Imagining Shakespeare displays throughout the cultural versatility, elegance, lucidity, and wit which have become the hallmarks of Stephen Orgel's style."--Jacket
15 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this illustrated book, one of the foremost Shakespeareans of our time explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined from his time to ours. In wide-ranging discussions of plays as disparate as Henry V, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, and The Winter's Tale, six richly detailed chapters anatomize the changing nature of dramatic representation over the centuries. Drawing on performance history, textual history and the visual arts, including a fascinating chapter on Shakespearean portraiture, Imagining Shakespeare displays throughout the cultural versatility, elegance, lucidity, and wit which have become the hallmarks of Stephen Orgel's style."--Jacket
Shakespeare's songbook by
Ross W Duffin(
Recording
)
25 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Shakespeare lovers have long lamented that so few songs in his plays survive with original music; of about sixty song lyrics, only a handful have come down to us with musical settings. For over 150 years, scholars have aspired--without success--to fill that gap. In Shakespeare's Songbook, Ross W. Duffin does just that. Eight years in the making, Shakespeare's Songbook is a meticulously researched collection of 160 songs--ballads and narratives, drinking songs, love songs, and rounds--that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing substantially on the unmatched resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Duffin brings complete lyrics (many newly recovered) and music notation together for the first time, and in the process sheds new light on Shakespeare's dramatic art. With performances by leading early-music singers and instrumentalists, the accompanying audio CD brings the songbook to life. Shakespeare's Songbook is the perfect gift for lovers of Shakespeare and an invaluable reference for singers, actors, directors, and scholars. 49 illustrations, 500 music examples
25 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Shakespeare lovers have long lamented that so few songs in his plays survive with original music; of about sixty song lyrics, only a handful have come down to us with musical settings. For over 150 years, scholars have aspired--without success--to fill that gap. In Shakespeare's Songbook, Ross W. Duffin does just that. Eight years in the making, Shakespeare's Songbook is a meticulously researched collection of 160 songs--ballads and narratives, drinking songs, love songs, and rounds--that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing substantially on the unmatched resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Duffin brings complete lyrics (many newly recovered) and music notation together for the first time, and in the process sheds new light on Shakespeare's dramatic art. With performances by leading early-music singers and instrumentalists, the accompanying audio CD brings the songbook to life. Shakespeare's Songbook is the perfect gift for lovers of Shakespeare and an invaluable reference for singers, actors, directors, and scholars. 49 illustrations, 500 music examples
The Renaissance imagination : essays and lectures by
D. J Gordon(
Book
)
19 editions published between 1975 and 1980 in English and held by 1,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
19 editions published between 1975 and 1980 in English and held by 1,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The illusion of power : political theater in the English Renaissance by
Stephen Orgel(
Book
)
30 editions published between 1974 and 2020 in English and Italian and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a study of political theater in the English Renaissance, discussing the differences between a public playhouse and a private, or court theater, and looking at masques and the role of king in the Renaissance court
30 editions published between 1974 and 2020 in English and Italian and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a study of political theater in the English Renaissance, discussing the differences between a public playhouse and a private, or court theater, and looking at masques and the role of king in the Renaissance court
The winter's tale by
William Shakespeare(
Book
)
44 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 986 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays
44 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 986 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays
Ben Jonson : the complete masques by
Ben Jonson(
Book
)
19 editions published between 1969 and 2001 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
19 editions published between 1969 and 2001 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Impersonations : the performance of gender in Shakespeare's England by
Stephen Orgel(
Book
)
21 editions published between 1996 and 2000 in English and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Why was England the only country in Europe to maintain an all-male public theatre in the Renaissance? Stephen Orgel uses this question as the starting point of a fresh and stimulating exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. Why were boys used to play female roles in drama, and how did such cross-dressing impact on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries? What was the place of women in the Renaissance theatre, either on the stage or in the audience? And what did society make of those women who significantly and successfully violated accepted gender boundaries? At once provocative and witty, lucid and stylish, Impersonations will reshape our understanding of the Renaissance theatre, and make us rethink our own inadequate categories of gender, power and sexuality." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95041287.html
21 editions published between 1996 and 2000 in English and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Why was England the only country in Europe to maintain an all-male public theatre in the Renaissance? Stephen Orgel uses this question as the starting point of a fresh and stimulating exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. Why were boys used to play female roles in drama, and how did such cross-dressing impact on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries? What was the place of women in the Renaissance theatre, either on the stage or in the audience? And what did society make of those women who significantly and successfully violated accepted gender boundaries? At once provocative and witty, lucid and stylish, Impersonations will reshape our understanding of the Renaissance theatre, and make us rethink our own inadequate categories of gender, power and sexuality." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95041287.html
Macbeth by
William Shakespeare(
Book
)
16 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in English and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's great tragedy tells of the lord Macbeth, who plots with his wife to assume the throne of Scotland by murdering the king
16 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in English and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's great tragedy tells of the lord Macbeth, who plots with his wife to assume the throne of Scotland by murdering the king
John Milton by
John Milton(
Book
)
23 editions published between 1990 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1990 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The reader in the book : a study of spaces and traces by
Stephen Orgel(
)
17 editions published between 2010 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 723 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the archaeology and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces. Marginalia constitute a significant dimension of the book's history, and what readers did to books often added to their value. This study deals with books in which the text and marginalia are in intense communication with each other, in which reading constitutes an active and sometimes adversarial engagement with the book. The underlying questions is at what point marginalia, the legible incorporation of the work of reading into the text of the book, became a way of defacing it rather than of increasing its value--why did we want books to lose their history?
17 editions published between 2010 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 723 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of the archaeology and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces. Marginalia constitute a significant dimension of the book's history, and what readers did to books often added to their value. This study deals with books in which the text and marginalia are in intense communication with each other, in which reading constitutes an active and sometimes adversarial engagement with the book. The underlying questions is at what point marginalia, the legible incorporation of the work of reading into the text of the book, became a way of defacing it rather than of increasing its value--why did we want books to lose their history?
The complete works by
William Shakespeare(
Book
)
9 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains the complete text to all of Shakespeare's poems and plays; includes footnotes and an introduction to Shakespeare's life and times
9 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains the complete text to all of Shakespeare's poems and plays; includes footnotes and an introduction to Shakespeare's life and times
The complete poems and translations by
Christopher Marlowe(
Book
)
38 editions published between 1971 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This anthology offers a comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, one of England's great poets and playwrights
38 editions published between 1971 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This anthology offers a comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, one of England's great poets and playwrights
The taming of the shrew by
William Shakespeare(
Book
)
11 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in English and held by 542 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The general editors of the new series of forty volumes--the reowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A.R. Braunmuller of UCLA--have assembled a team of eminent scholars who have, along with the general editors themselves, prepared new introductions and notes to all of Shakespeare's plays and poems
11 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in English and held by 542 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The general editors of the new series of forty volumes--the reowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A.R. Braunmuller of UCLA--have assembled a team of eminent scholars who have, along with the general editors themselves, prepared new introductions and notes to all of Shakespeare's plays and poems
The theatre of the Stuart Court : including the complete designs for productions at court, for the most part in the Collection
of the Duke of Devonshire, together with their texts and historical documentation by
Inigo Jones(
Book
)
5 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The authentic Shakespeare, and other problems of the early modern stage by
Stephen Orgel(
Book
)
19 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in English and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this lavishly illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare. His subjects are varied and interconnected: the theater as social phenomenon, the development of the stage as an architectural presence and a cultural institution, the changing use of setting and costume, the changing status of the acting profession, the complex relation of theater to the political life of the age. Most of all, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Many essays in The Authentic Shakespeare have become classics. Collected here for the first time, they essential reading for students of the Renaissance stage and the history of the book
19 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in English and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this lavishly illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare. His subjects are varied and interconnected: the theater as social phenomenon, the development of the stage as an architectural presence and a cultural institution, the changing use of setting and costume, the changing status of the acting profession, the complex relation of theater to the political life of the age. Most of all, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Many essays in The Authentic Shakespeare have become classics. Collected here for the first time, they essential reading for students of the Renaissance stage and the history of the book
From performance to print in Shakespeare's England by
Peter Holland(
Book
)
19 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Published in association with the Huntington Library, Redefining British Theatre History is a five-volume series under the general editorship of Peter Holland. The series brings together major practitioners in theatre history in order to establish ways in which previous assumptions need fundamental questioning and to initiate new directions for the field. The series aims to establish a new future for theatre history, not least by making theatre historians aware of their own history, current practice and future. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time tell us about performance? How were plays marketed? How have printed plays been read and interpreted for performance? The essays in this collection freshly consider the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception. Bringing together a group of major scholars in the field who are concerned to rethink the nature of the evidence and the modes of interpretation for print materials in relation to theatre history, the essays examine a wide variety of cases, from the texts of Romeo and Juliet to the masque in Timon of Athens, from the ways title pages refer to early modern performance to the psychology of Hamlet, from grammar-school beatings to the London bookshops of the Renaissance
19 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Published in association with the Huntington Library, Redefining British Theatre History is a five-volume series under the general editorship of Peter Holland. The series brings together major practitioners in theatre history in order to establish ways in which previous assumptions need fundamental questioning and to initiate new directions for the field. The series aims to establish a new future for theatre history, not least by making theatre historians aware of their own history, current practice and future. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time tell us about performance? How were plays marketed? How have printed plays been read and interpreted for performance? The essays in this collection freshly consider the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception. Bringing together a group of major scholars in the field who are concerned to rethink the nature of the evidence and the modes of interpretation for print materials in relation to theatre history, the essays examine a wide variety of cases, from the texts of Romeo and Juliet to the masque in Timon of Athens, from the ways title pages refer to early modern performance to the psychology of Hamlet, from grammar-school beatings to the London bookshops of the Renaissance
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- Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Author Creator
- Keilen, Sean Other Editor
- Wharton, Edith 1862-1937 Author
- Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Author
- Lytle, Guy Fitch 1944- Other Editor
- Milton, John 1608-1674 Author
- Goldberg, Jonathan Author of introduction Other Editor
- Strong, Roy Other
- Jones, Inigo 1573-1652 Honoree Artist Author
- Gordon, D. J. (Donald James) Author
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Adultery Arts, Renaissance Castaways Children's plays, English Courts and courtiers Criticism and interpretation England English drama English drama (Comedy) English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan Fathers and daughters Great Britain Islands Italy--Padua Italy--Sicily Jonson, Ben, Kings and rulers Kings and rulers--Succession Macbeth,--King of Scotland, Magicians Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Marriage Married people Masques Music Music and literature New York (State)--New York Political plays, English Political refugees Reconciliation Regicides Renaissance Scotland Separated people Sex role Shakespeare, William, Shipwreck survival Shipwreck victims Songs, English--Texts Spirits Survival Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William) Tempest (Shakespeare, William) Theater Tragicomedy Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Upper class Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William) Young adult drama, English