Haunting History Onstage: Shakespeare in the USA and Canada

Regina Buccola

doi:10.1017/9781108771542

Series: Elements in Shakespeare Performance

Haunting History Onstage

Shakespeare in the USA and Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2019

Regina Buccola

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Regina Buccola: Affiliation:
Roosevelt University, Illinois

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In 2016, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Stratford Festival of Canada mounted marathons through Shakespearean history to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare with Tug of War and Breath of Kings. Both productions invited parallels to contemporary political events in their promotion and design, just as the original performances of these works in the Shakespearean era used past events to comment on present realities. Endurathons for cast and audience alike, Tug of War and Breath of Kings used double-casting, stylized treatments of violence and 'firsts' for each company to sweeten the bitter pill of these historical narratives.

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Print publication: 15 August 2019

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