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Series:   Elements in Shakespeare Performance

About Shakespeare

Bodies, Spaces and Texts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2020

Robert Shaughnessy
Robert Shaughnessy
Affiliation:
University of Surrey

Summary

This Element addresses the question of what Shakespeare in contemporary performance is about, and whether it really is, as it may claim to be, about Shakespeare. Far from charting a smooth journey from page to stage, the work of making Shakespeare into performances often involves deflection, evasion and circumnavigation. Drawing upon the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and the Schaubühne Berlin, About Shakespeare examines theatrical bodies, the spaces inhabited by actors and audiences, and the texts that circulate around and between them.
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Shakespeareperformancetheatre historytranslationaudience
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Series: Elements in Shakespeare Performance
Online ISBN: 9781108643375
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 01 October 2020

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