A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

A Companion To Shakespeare And Performance Provides A State-of-the-art Engagement With The Rapidly Developing Field Of Shakespeare Performance Studies. Redraws The Boundaries Of Shakespeare Performance Studies. Considers Performance In A Range Of Media, Including In Print, In The Classroom, In The Theatre, In Film, On Television And Video, In Multimedia And Digital Forms. Introduces Important Terms And Contemporary Areas Of Enquiry In Shakespeare And Performance. Raises Questions About The Dynamic Interplay Between Shakespearean Writing And The Practices Of Contemporary Performance And Performance Studies. Written By An International Group Of Major Scholars, Teachers, And Professional Theatre Makers. Introduction : A Kind Of History / Barbara Hodgdon -- Part I. Overview : Terms Of Performance -- Reconstructing Love : King Lear And Theatre Architecture / Peggy Phelan -- Shakespeare's Two Bodies / Peter Holland -- Ragging Twelfth Night : 1602, 1996, 2002-3 / Bruce R. Smith -- On Location / Robert Shaughnessy -- Where Is Hamlet? : Text, Performance, And Adaptation / Margaret Jane Kidnie -- Shakespeare And The Possibilities Of Postcolonial Performance / Ania Loomba -- Part Ii. Materialities : Writing And Performance -- The Imaginary Text, Or The Curse Of The Folio / Anthony B. Dawson -- Shakespearean Screen/play / Laurie E. Osborne -- What Does The Cued Part Cue? : Parts And Cues In Romeo And Juliet / Simon Palfrey And Tiffany Stern -- Editors In Love? : Performing Desire In Romeo And Juliet / Wendy Wall -- Prefixing The Author : Print, Plays, And Performance / W. B. Worthen -- Part Iii. Histories -- Shakespeare The Victorian / Richard W. Schoch -- Shakespeare Goes Slumming : Harlem '37 And Birmingham '97 / Kathleen Mcluskie -- Stanislavski, Othello, And The Motive Of Eloquence / John Gillies -- Shakespeare, Henry Vi And The Festival Of Britain / Stuart Hampton-reeves -- Encoding/decoding Shakespeare : Richard Iii At The 2002 Stratford Festival / Ric Knowles -- Performance As Deflection / Miriam Gilbert -- Maverick Shakespeare / Carol Chillington Rutter -- Inheriting The Globe : The Reception Of Shakespearean Space And Audience In Contemporary Reviewing / Paul Prescott -- Performing History : Henry Iv, Money, And The Fashion Of The Times / Diana E. Henderson -- Part Iv. Performance Technologies, Cultural Technologies -- Are We Being Theatrical Yet? : Actors, Editors, And The Possibilities Of Dialogue / Michael Cordner -- Shakespeare On The Record / Douglas Lanier -- Sshockspeare : (nazi) Shakespeare Goes Heil-lywood / Richard Burt -- Game Space/tragic Space : Julie Taymor's Titus / Peter S. Donaldson -- Shakespeare Stiles Styles : Shakespeare, Julia Stiles, And American Girl Culture / Elizabeth A. Deitchman -- Shakespeare On Vacation / Susan Bennett -- Part V. Identities Of Performance -- Visions Of Color : Spectacle, Spectators, And The Performances Of Race / Margo Hendricks -- Shakespeare And The Fiction Of The Intercultural / Yong Li Lan -- Guying The Guys And Girling The Shrew : (post) Feminist Fun At Shakespeare's Globe / G. B. Shand -- Queering The Audience : All-male Casts In Recent Productions Of Shakespeare / James C. Bulman -- A Thousand Shakespeares : From Cinematic Saga To Feminist Geography Or, The Escape From Iceland / Courtney Lehmann -- Conflicting Fields Of Vision : Performing Self And Other In Two Intercultural Shakespeare Productions / Joanne Tompkins -- Part Vi. Performing Pedagogies -- Teaching Through Performance / James N. Loehlin -- The Eye Of Man Hath Not Heard, / The Ear Of Man Hath Not Seen : Teaching Tools For Speaking Shakespeare / Peter Lichtenfels. Edited By Barbara Hodgdon And W.b. Worthen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A Companion To Shakespeare And Performance Provides A State-of-the-art Engagement With The Rapidly Developing Field Of Shakespeare Performance Studies. Redraws The Boundaries Of Shakespeare Performance Studies. Considers Performance In A Range Of Media, Including In Print, In The Classroom, In The Theatre, In Film, On Television And Video, In Multimedia And Digital Forms. Introduces Important Terms And Contemporary Areas Of Enquiry In Shakespeare And Performance. Raises Questions About The Dynamic Interplay Between Shakespearean Writing And The Practices Of Contemporary Performance And Performance Studies. Written By An International Group Of Major Scholars, Teachers, And Professional Theatre Makers. Introduction : A Kind Of History / Barbara Hodgdon -- Part I. Overview : Terms Of Performance -- Reconstructing Love : King Lear And Theatre Architecture / Peggy Phelan -- Shakespeare's Two Bodies / Peter Holland -- Ragging Twelfth Night : 1602, 1996, 2002-3 / Bruce R. Smith -- On Location / Robert Shaughnessy -- Where Is Hamlet? : Text, Performance, And Adaptation / Margaret Jane Kidnie -- Shakespeare And The Possibilities Of Postcolonial Performance / Ania Loomba -- Part Ii. Materialities : Writing And Performance -- The Imaginary Text, Or The Curse Of The Folio / Anthony B. Dawson -- Shakespearean Screen/play / Laurie E. Osborne -- What Does The Cued Part Cue? : Parts And Cues In Romeo And Juliet / Simon Palfrey And Tiffany Stern -- Editors In Love? : Performing Desire In Romeo And Juliet / Wendy Wall -- Prefixing The Author : Print, Plays, And Performance / W.b. Worthen -- Part Iii. Histories Shakespeare The Victorian / Richard W. Schoch -- Shakespeare Goes Slumming : Harlem '37 And Birmingham '97 / Kathleen Mcluskie -- Stanislavski, Othello, And The Motive Of Eloquence / John Gillies -- Shakespeare, Henry Vi And The Festival Of Britain / Stuart Hampton-reeves -- Encoding/decoding Shakespeare : Richard Iii At The 2002 Stratford Festival / Ric Knowles -- Performance As Deflection / Miriam Gilbert -- Maverick Shakespeare / Carol Chillington Rutter -- Inheriting The Globe : The Reception Of Shakespearean Space And Audience In Contemporary Reviewing / Paul Prescott -- Performing History : Henry Iv, Money, And The Fashion Of The Times / Diana E. Henderson -- Part Iv. Performance Technologies, Cultural Technologies -- Are We Being Theatrical Yet? : Actors, Editors, And The Possibilities Of Dialogue / Michael Cordner -- Shakespeare On The Record / Douglas Lanier -- Sshockspeare : (nazi) Shakespeare Goes Heil-lywood Richard Burt -- Game Space/tragic Space : Julie Taymor's Titus / Peter S. Donaldson -- Shakespeare Stiles Styles : Shakespeare, Julia Stiles, And American Girl Culture / Elizabeth A. Deitchman -- Shakespeare On Vacation / Susan Bennett -- Part V. Identities Of Performance -- Visions Of Color : Spectacle, Spectators, And The Performances Of Race / Margo Hendricks -- Shakespeare And The Fiction Of The Intercultural / Yong Li Lan -- Guying The Guys And Girling The Shrew : (post) Feminist Fun At Shakespeare's Globe / G.b. Shand -- Queering The Audience : All-male Casts In Recent Productions Of Shakespeare / James C. Bulman -- A Thousand Shakespeares : From Cinematic Saga To Feminist Geography Or, The Escape From Iceland / Courtney Lehmann -- Conflicting Fields Of Vision : Performing Self And Other In Two Intercultural Shakespeare Productions / Joanne Tompkins -- Part Vi. Performing Pedagogies -- Teaching Through Performanceod James N. Loehlin -- The Eye Of Man Hath Not Heard, / The Ear Of Man Hath Not Seen : Teaching Tools For Speaking Shakespeare / Peter Lichtenfels. Edited By Barbara Hodgdon And W.b. Worthen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 11 Notes on Contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 18 Introduction: A Kind of History......Page 19 Part I Overviews: Terms of Performance......Page 29 1 Reconstructing Love: King Lear and Theatre Architecture......Page 31 2 Shakespeare's Two Bodies......Page 54 3 Ragging Twelfth Night: 1602, 1996, 2002–3......Page 75 4 On Location......Page 97 5 Where is Hamlet? Text, Performance, and Adaptation......Page 119 6 Shakespeare and the Possibilities of Postcolonial Performance......Page 139 Part II Materialities: Writing and Performance......Page 157 7 The Imaginary Text, or the Curse of the Folio......Page 159 8 Shakespearean Screen/Play......Page 180 9 What Does the Cued Part Cue? Parts and Cues in Romeo and Juliet......Page 197 10 Editors in Love? Performing Desire in Romeo and Juliet......Page 215 11 Prefixing the Author: Print, Plays, and Performance......Page 230 Part III Histories......Page 249 12 Shakespeare the Victorian......Page 251 13 Shakespeare Goes Slumming: Harlem '37 and Birmingham '97......Page 267 14 Stanislavski, Othello, and the Motives of Eloquence......Page 285 15 Shakespeare, Henry VI and the Festival of Britain......Page 303 16 Encoding/Decoding Shakespeare: Richard III at the 2002 Stratford Festival......Page 315 17 Performance as Deflection......Page 337 18 Maverick Shakespeare......Page 353 19 Inheriting the Globe: The Reception of Shakespearean Space and Audience in Contemporary Reviewing......Page 377 20 Performing History: Henry IV, Money, and the Fashion of the Times......Page 394 Part IV Performance Technologies, Cultural Technologies......Page 415 21 ''Are We Being Theatrical Yet?'': Actors, Editors, and the Possibilities of Dialogue......Page 417 22 Shakespeare on the Record......Page 433 23 SShockspeare: (Nazi) Shakespeare Goes Heil-lywood......Page 455 24 Game Space/Tragic Space: Julie Taymor's Titus......Page 475 25 Shakespeare Stiles Style: Shakespeare, Julia Stiles, and American Girl Culture......Page 496 26 Shakespeare on Vacation......Page 512 Part V Identities of Performance......Page 527 27 Visions of Color: Spectacle, Spectators, and the Performance of Race......Page 529 28 Shakespeare and the Fiction of the Intercultural......Page 545 29 Guying the Guys and Girling The Shrew: (Post)Feminist Fun at Shakespeare's Globe......Page 568 30 Queering the Audience: All-Male Casts in Recent Productions of Shakespeare......Page 582 31 A Thousand Shakespeares: From Cinematic Saga to Feminist Geography or, The Escape from Iceland......Page 606 32 Conflicting Fields of Vision: Performing Self and Other in Two Intercultural Shakespeare Productions......Page 628 Part VI Performing Pedagogies......Page 643 33 Teaching Through Performance......Page 645 34 ''The eye of man hath not heard, / The ear of man hath not seen'': Teaching Tools for Speaking Shakespeare......Page 662 Index......Page 677

A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance provides a state-of-the-art engagement with the rapidly developing field of Shakespeare performance studies.

• Redraws the boundaries of Shakespeare performance studies.
• Considers performance in a range of media, including in print, in the classroom, in the theatre, in film, on television and video, in multimedia and digital forms.
• Introduces important terms and contemporary areas of enquiry in Shakespeare and performance.
• Raises questions about the dynamic interplay between Shakespearean writing and the practices of contemporary performance and performance studies.
• Written by an international group of major scholars, teachers, and professional theatre makers.

Productively redraws the boundaries of Shakespeare performance studies. In this companion, essays by major scholars, teachers, and professional theatre makers consider the many sites at which Shakespearean drama is performed: in print, in the classroom, in the theatre, in film, on television and video, and in multimedia and digital forms The contributors to this book have provided an engagement with the rapidly-developing field of Shakespeare performance studies, considering performance in a range of media and introducing important terms and contemporary areas of enquiry in Shakespeare and performance