John Russell Brown (1923–2015)

Author of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre

About the Author

John Russell Brown is Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London in the UK, and has held chairs of English and Theatre in both England and the USA.He has directed renaissance and contemporary plays in student and professional theatres for twelve years he was an Associate Director of show more the Royal National Theatre in London, UK. He is series editor for The Shakespeare Handbooks and Theatres of the World, as well as editing and contributing to the Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre. Among his previous publications are Shakespeare: The Tragedies, Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event and Shakespeare Dancing, all published by Palgrave Macmillan. show less

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The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (1995) — Editor — 183 copies

Shakespeare and His Theatre (1982) 47 copies, 1 review

Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" (Casebook) (1968) 34 copies

Shakespeare's Plays in Performance (1969) 33 copies

Modern British Dramatists: A Collection of Critical Essays (1968) 30 copies, 1 review

Jacobean Theatre (1960) 19 copies

Shakespeare and His Comedies (University Paperbacks) (1962) 17 copies

Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (Study in English Literature) (1963) 16 copies

Hamlet (2006) 16 copies

Discovering Shakespeare: A New Guide to the Plays (1981) 14 copies

Restoration Theatre (Stratford Studies) (1973) 13 copies

Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two (Applause Acting Series) (2000) 13 copies

New Sites For Shakespeare: Theatre, the Audience, and Asia (1998) 12 copies

Macbeth (Shakespeare Handbooks) (2005) 12 copies

Shakespeare and the Theatrical Event (2002) 11 copies

Shakespeare: The Tragedies (2001) 11 copies

Shakespeare, Much ado about nothing ; and, As you like it : a casebook (1979) 11 copies

Later Shakespeare (Stratford Studies) (1973) 9 copies

Free Shakespeare (1974) 9 copies

Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two (Applause Books) 9 copies

The Routledge companion to actors' Shakespeare (2011) 8 copies

Designers' Shakespeare (2016) 8 copies

The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (2010) 8 copies

Early Shakespeare (1961) 8 copies

Elizabethan Theatre (Stratford Library) (1966) 8 copies

King Lear (The Shakespeare Handbooks) (2009) 7 copies

Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great, Edward the Second and The Jew of Malta :ba casebook (1982) 7 copies

Studying Shakespeare (Casebook) (1990) 7 copies

A Short Guide to Modern British Drama (1982) 6 copies

William Shakespeare: Writing for Performance (1996) 6 copies

Shakespeare Dancing: A Theatrical Study of the Plays (2004) 6 copies

Contemporary Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies : No. 4) (1962) 5 copies

Shakespeare's Dramatic Style (1970) 4 copies

Shakespeare: The Tempest (1969) 4 copies

Theatre language: A study of Arden, Osborne, Pinter and Wesker (1972) 4 copies

American Theatre (Stratford Studies) (1975) 4 copies

"Hamlet" (Stratford Studies) (1972) 3 copies

Studying Shakespeare in performance (2011) 3 copies

The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (Routledge Companions) (2009) 3 copies

Shakespeare - "Macbeth" (Studies in English Literature) (Study in English Literature) (1963) 2 copies

Shakespeare's plays in performance 2 copies

Contemporary Theatre (1962) 2 copies

What is theatre? an introduction and exploration (1997) 2 copies

Képes színháztörténet (1999) 2 copies

The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (2008) 2 copies

Focus on Macbeth (1982) 2 copies

Effective Theatre (1969) 2 copies

Jacobean Theatre ( Stratford Upon Avon Studies 1) (1960) 1 copy

EARLY SHAKESPEARE:A READING AND PLAYING GUIDE.*(Shakespeare Institute Studies) (1966) 1 copy

Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies, Vol. 3: Early Shakespeare 1 copy

Drama (Concept Books) (1968) 1 copy

The Printing of John Webster's Plays (3 parts) 1 copy

Shakespeare and His Theatre by John Russell Brown (1982-04-01) (1622) 1 copy

Stratford Upon Avon Studies 4: Contemporary Theatre. 1 copy

Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies, Vol. 8: Later Shakespeare 1 copy

A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Concise Edition and Reassessment (2006) 1 copy

Oxfordi illustreeritud teatriajalugu (2006) 1 copy

Aspecten van het Britse theater - Handelingen van een colloquium te Gent, 4-5 september 1982 1 copy

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The Merchant of Venice (1596) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 13,192 copies, 125 reviews

Pygmalion (1913) — some editions — 7,657 copies, 94 reviews

Doctor Faustus (1994) — Introduction, some editions — 5,646 copies, 89 reviews

The Duchess of Malfi (1614) — Editor, some editions — 1,294 copies, 25 reviews

Shakespearean Tragedy (1904) — Introduction, some editions — 942 copies, 4 reviews

The White Devil (1612) — Editor, some editions — 371 copies, 3 reviews

A Book of Masques: In Honour of Allardyce Nicoll (1980) — Editor — 13 copies

The Complete Plays of the Wakefield Master (1983) — Editor, some editions; Translator, some editions — 13 copies

Shakespeare Performed: Essays in Honor of R.A. Foakes (2000) — Contributor — 3 copies

Studies in Bibliography, Volume 13 — Contributor — 3 copies

Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 8) — Contributor — 3 copies

Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 11) — Contributor — 2 copies

Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 15) — Contributor — 2 copies

Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 6) — Contributor — 1 copy

Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 7) — Contributor — 1 copy

Shakespeare's wide and universal stage (1986) — Contributor — 1 copy

The spring's glory : vindicating love by temperance against the tenet 'Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus', moralized in a masque — Editor, some editions — 1 copy

Shakespeare and his collaborators over the centuries (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1923-09-15
Date of death: 2015-08-26
Gender: male
Occupations: theatre director
professor of theatre
Organizations: National Theatre in London (Associate)
University of Michigan (Professor)

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Modern British dramatists; a collection of critical essays by John Russell Brown

Osborne, Arden, Wesker, Beckett, Pinter. Essays by John Russell Brown (he liked an essay I wrote in graduate school), A.E. Dyson, Charles Marowitz, Brustein and others. Really only Osborne, Beckett and Pinter lasted. Arden never made it to Broadway; Wesker was produced maybe 6 times in the late 60's/early 70s? Where's Stoppard? Where's Hare? So much for scholars. It's all about performance.

Jul 18, 2018

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Shakespeare and His Theatre by John Russell Brown

Using the most up-to-date scholarship (since Shakespeare's Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1666), author John Russell Brown and illustrator David Gentleman help readers envision the design and uses of the theatre that shaped the content and performance of the Bard's plays.

Jan 30, 2014