{"product_id":"9781609090708","title":"Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Suiting the Action to the Word","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chicago Shakespeare Theater is widely known for vibrant productions that reflect the Bard’s genius for intricate storytelling, musicality of language, and depth of feeling for the human condition. Affectionately known to natives of the Windy City as “Chicago Shakes,” this vanguard of Chicago’s rich theatrical tradition celebrates its silver anniversary with this bracing collection of original essays by world-renowned scholars, directors, actors, and critics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Shakespeare Theater\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the artistic visions and decisions that helped shape this venerable institution and examines the theater’s international reputation for staging such remarkable and provocative performances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The volume brings together works by such heralded drama critics as Terry Teachout, Jonathan Abarbanel, and Michael Billington; theater industry giants like Michael Bogdanov, Edward Hall, and Simon Callow; interviews with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s own Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson; and essays by such noted figures in academe as Clark Hulse, Wendy Wall, and Michael Shapiro.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134084104432,"sku":"9781609090708","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609090708_p0.jpg?v=1763837434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609090708","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}