The Shakespeare Hut: A Story Of Performance, Memory And Identity, 1916-1923 The Shakespeare Hut: A Story Of Memory, Performance And Identity, 1916-1923

This Book Tells The Forgotten Story Of The Shakespeare Hut, A Vast, Mock-tudor Building For New Zealand Anzac Soldiers Visiting London On Leave From The Front Lines. Constructed In Bloomsbury In 1916, The Hut Was To Be The Only Built Memorial To Mark Shakespeare's Tercentenary In The Midst Of War. With A Purpose-built Performance Space, Its Tiny Stage Hosted The Biggest Theatrical Stars Of The Age. The Hut Is A Vivid And Unique Case Study In Cultural Memory And Performance Of Shakespeare. One Extraordinary Building Brings Together Shakespeare's Place In First World War Theatre, In Emerging New Post-colonial Identities, The Story Of Shakespearean Performance In The Twentieth Century And In The Struggle For Women's Suffrage. Grant Ferguson Transports You To The Hut And Its Lively, Idiosyncratic World. From A Feminist-led Stage To A Hub Of Indian Intellectual And Political Debate, From A Shakespeare Memorial To An Anzac Social Club, This Is The Story Of A Building Truly At A Crossroads-- Prologue: The Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Events, 1910-12: Festivity, Bardolatry, (re)constructing Memory -- What Ho! For Shakespeare, When We Get Back To Blighty!: Commemorating Shakespeare In Wartime -- Performing Englishness: The Shakespeare Hut For Anzacs -- Performing Femininity: Women At The Shakespeare Hut -- After The War, 1919-23 -- Epilogue: Forgetting And Remembering The Shakespeare Hut, 1924-2016: Festivity, Bardolatry And (re)constructing Memory. Ailsa Grant Ferguson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Performing memory Heterotopia A biography of a building Chapter 1 Prologue: The Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre events, 1910–12: Festivity, bardolatry, (re)constructing Shakespeare I. The Shakespeare Masque, 1910 (London and Kent, followed by amateur regional tour) II. The Shakespeare Ball III. Shakespeare’s England, Earl’s Court, 1912 Chapter 2 ‘What Ho! For Shakespeare, when we get back to Blighty!’: Commemorating Shakespeare in wartime Enlisting Shakespeare The founding and realization of the Shakespeare Hut Performing commemoration in wartime: The Hut galas in context Chapter 3 Performing Englishness: The Shakespeare Hut for Anzacs Shakespeare and Anzac An English Hut for Anzacs The Mummers’ Play, Christmas Day, 1916 Chapter 4 Performing femininity: Women at the Shakespeare Hut The ‘right’ kind of woman: Female workers at the Hut The Shakespeare Hut performances: A ‘Women’s Theatre’ in wartime Chapter 5 After the war: 1919–23 Little India The New Shakespeare Company Chapter 6 Epilogue: Forgetting and ‘remembering’ the Shakespeare Hut, 1924–2016: Festivity, bardolatry and (re)constructing ‘memory’ Coda: Remembering the Shakespeare Hut, 2016 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Notes Bibliography Index "This book tells the forgotten story of the Shakespeare Hut, a vast, mock-Tudor building for New Zealand Anzac soldiers visiting London on leave from the front lines. Constructed in Bloomsbury in 1916, the Hut was to be the only built memorial to mark Shakespeare's Tercentenary in the midst of war. With a purpose-built performance space, its tiny stage hosted the biggest theatrical stars of the age. The Hut is a vivid and unique case study in cultural memory and performance of Shakespeare. One extraordinary building brings together Shakespeare's place in First World War theatre, in emerging new post-colonial identities, the story of Shakespearean performance in the twentieth century and in the struggle for women's suffrage. Grant Ferguson transports you to the Hut and its lively, idiosyncratic world. From a feminist-led stage to a hub of Indian intellectual and political debate, from a Shakespeare memorial to an Anzac social club, this is the story of a building truly at a crossroads."--Bloomsbury Publishing. "This book tells the forgotten story of the Shakespeare Hut, a vast, mock-Tudor building for New Zealand Anzac soldiers visiting London on leave from the front lines. Constructed in Bloomsbury in 1916, the Hut was to be the only built memorial to mark Shakespeare's Tercentenary in the midst of war. With a purpose-built performance space, its tiny stage hosted the biggest theatrical stars of the age. The Hut is a vivid and unique case study in cultural memory and performance of Shakespeare. One extraordinary building brings together Shakespeare's place in First World War theatre, in emerging new post-colonial identities, the story of Shakespearean performance in the twentieth century and in the struggle for women's suffrage. Grant Ferguson transports you to the Hut and its lively, idiosyncratic world. From a feminist-led stage to a hub of Indian intellectual and political debate, from a Shakespeare memorial to an Anzac social club, this is the story of a building truly at a crossroads"-- Provided by publisher