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She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said de Harriet Walter

She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said

Autor Harriet Walter
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 oct 2024

Ce s-ar fi întâmplat dacă oglinda pe care Shakespeare a ținut-o în fața naturii nu ar fi reflectat predominant o lume a bărbaților? Descoperim în She Speaks! un exercițiu de imaginație curajos și necesar, prin care Dame Harriet Walter decide să spargă tăcerea impusă de secole personajelor feminine. Nu este doar o analiză critică, ci o repopulare a scenei: autoarea folosește versul și proza de factură elisabetană pentru a le permite acestor femei să își spună adevărul propriu, dincolo de replicile consacrate. Observăm cum Gertrude îi vorbește lui Hamlet fără menajamente, cum Lady Macbeth își mărturisește regretele, iar Ariel, spiritul captiv, se teme de libertate. Cine a citit Shakespeare’s Unmuted Women de Gül Kurtuluș va recunoaște aici aceeași preocupare pentru retorica feminină ca forță ce susține arhitectura pieselor, însă Harriet Walter aduce o dimensiune profund personală, izvorâtă din experiența sa de zeci de ani pe scenă. Dacă în Brutus and Other Heroines autoarea explora posibilitatea de a interpreta roluri masculine pentru a depăși limitările tradiției, aici ea alege să extindă universul feminin din interior. Putem afirma că volumul funcționează ca o „cameră a scriitorilor” retroactivă, unde inteligența tăioasă și empatia actriței oferă o nouă viață unor figuri precum Ophelia sau Cleopatra. Stilul este deopotrivă ludic și pătrunzător, reușind să păstreze ritmul shakespearian în timp ce infuzează textul cu o sensibilitate contemporană care lipsea din monologurile clasice.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349018911
ISBN-10: 034901891X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 138 x 218 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte tuturor pasionaților de teatru și literatură clasică care doresc să vadă dincolo de cortina patriarhatului elisabetean. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă proaspătă, aproape subversivă, asupra unor texte fundamentale, totul prin vocea uneia dintre cele mai mari actrițe shakespeariene ale epocii noastre. Este o invitație de a redescoperi marile eroine nu ca accesorii ale eroilor, ci ca voci de sine stătătoare, pline de spirit și complexitate morală.

Despre autor

Dame Harriet Walter este una dintre cele mai respectate actrițe britanice de teatru și film, fiind distinsă cu prestigiosul Laurence Olivier Award în 1989 și nominalizată la premiile Tony și Emmy. Membră a Order of the British Empire (DBE) pentru serviciile aduse artei dramatice, Walter are o carieră marcată de colaborări legendare cu Royal Shakespeare Company și National Theatre. Experiența sa vastă în interpretarea rolurilor clasice, dar și succesul în producții contemporane precum Succession, îi conferă o autoritate unică în reinterpretarea canonului literar, transformând-o dintr-o interpretă a cuvintelor lui Shakespeare într-o voce creativă care completează viziunea acestuia.

Descriere

New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE


'It is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that she is such a sensationally fine poet. Astonishing' JOANNA LUMLEY

'Bold and original . . . Anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own and share this book'
JAMES SHAPIRO

'With her gravitas, empathy, intellect and absolute belly laugh wit, the unheard voices soar. A real celebration of her life and art' PHYLLIDA LLOYD

Dame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in Succession and Killing Eve among others, is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of the Bard's female characters, audaciously she lets them speak their minds.

Written in 'Shakespearean' verse and prose, Harriet Walter goes between the lines of the plays to let us hear what she imagines - sometimes playfully and sometimes searchingly - these women were really thinking.

Gertrude tells Hamlet the unvarnished truth; Lady MacBeth has her regrets; Kate, the Shrew, challenges us; Juliet's nurse challenges the nobility; Cleopatra's handmaiden reveals her mistress's secrets; Ariel is frightened of freedom; Ophelia surprises us; Olivia surprises herself; and the Witches have a good old rap.

Harriet Walter herself says, 'I worship Shakespeare. His psychological insight is second to none but the mirror that he held up to nature reflected a predominantly male image of the world. I pondered the long shadow of his genius and tried to think of ways to let a little sunlight in on some of his women's stories. I like to think he wouldn't mind'.

'Harriet Walter's years of inhabiting and imbibing so many of those great roles gives her a special licence to speak for them' GREG DORAN, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company

'Harriet Walter unpicks and re-centres the inner life and journey of these women as only one of our most talented and celebrated classical actors could. A must read!' MAXINE PEAKE

'Effortlessly witty, charming, surprising, delightful. Clearly, Harriet Walter should have been in the
writers' room with us for Succession' FRANCESCA GARDINER

'An incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare's heroines, written by one of mine' MEERA SYAL

'With characteristic wit, compassion and fierce intelligence, she gives tantalising voice to the Bard's female greats' TAMSIN GREIG

Recenzii

She Speaks! - bold and original - is many rewarding books in one. In these pages one of the great actors of our age asks: 'What were Ophelia, Rosalind, Cleopatra and Shakespeare's other women characters really thinking?' Drawing on her own rich performance history, Harriet Walter gives them voice in Shakespearean pentameter verse, and what they have to say is both witty and profound. I was dazzled many years ago when I saw her play Ophelia at the Royal Court, and continue to be dazzled by her brilliance and hard-won insights into the plays. It's a book that anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own, and share
Did Lady Macbeth instruct the weird sisters what to tell her husband? What happened when Cleopatra was reunited with Mark Antony in Heaven? And what did Hermione really do shut away for those sixteen years?
Harriet Walter's years of inhabiting and imbibing so many of those great roles gives her a special licence to speak for them. But the wit of these delightful poems also belies frustration, exasperation, and like a true "Lover's Complaint", real affection

With her gravitas, empathy, intellect and absolute belly laugh wit, the unheard voices soar. A real celebration of her life and art
Brilliant, witty but also profound and moving. They are an astonishing achievement, technically, but also in their emotion. They haul you into an alternative universe with such brevity and in such a striking way. They are funny, disturbing, challenging and sometimes heartbreaking. They are a triumph and I am sure will become instant classics.
The writing is effortlessly witty, charming, surprising, delightful . . . moving . . . just GORGEOUS. I cheered aloud at the end of Kate! Clearly Harriet Walter should've been in the writers' room with us for Succession
What a privilege, joy and utter pleasure to read Harriet Walter's marvellous verse ... One of the most joyful aspects of the work is that of course, Harriet is the 'real deal', in that she has lived and breathed life into these women - and men - on the page and brought them not only to the stage but to the ear, also. This gives us, the reader, an especial ringside seat to the arena where a Shakespearean artist shares her private passions, realizations, discoveries and internal debate; the character of this piece, is above all, undeniably Harriet Walter
If you liked Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife - you will love this incisive, funny, mischievously subversive homage to Shakespeare's heroines, written by one of mine
With her characteristic wit, playfulness and fierce intelligence, Harriet Walter gives tantalising voice to the bard's female greats. Her extensive experience, passionate advocacy and vibrant imagination make this collection a must-read for all lovers and curious-ers of Shakespeare's women
An invaluable book for actors and enthusiasts alike. If like me you have struggled with Shakespeare's representation of female characters Walter's crystal clear analysis will restore your faith. She unpicks and re-centres their inner life and journey as only one of our most talented and celebrated classical actors could. A must read!
Nothing Harriet Walter does surprises me, but this took me aback. It is STUNNING and I simply sat and read it right through, and shall start again at once. I had no idea that Harriet Walter is such a sensationally fine poet. Astonishing
This is unlike any other book to do with Shakespeare that I've ever read. It's more fun for a start. If I were a teacher, I would put this on the curriculum pronto
This brilliant book is a form of creative pastiche that solves some of the riddles surrounding Shakespeare's characters . . . an exhilarating read that tells you far more than a shelf full of solemn academic works
On stage, Harriet Walter always conveys sharp intelligence and humour, which is equally characteristic of her books
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