Anthropocene Theater And The Shakespearean Stage

Author : William H. Steffen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192699954
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage written by William H. Steffen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes. It welcomes readers to reimagine theater history in broader terms, and to account for more non-human and atmospheric players in the otherwise anthropocentric history of Shakespearean performance. This book analyses plays, horticultural manuals, cosmetic recipes, Puritan polemics, and travel writing in order to demonstrate how the material practices of the stage both catalyze and resist early forms of globalization in an ecological arena. William Steffen addresses the role of an understudied ecological performance history in determining Shakespeare's iconic cultural status, and models how non-human players have undermined Shakespeare's authoritative role in colonial discourse. Finally, this book makes a celebratory argument for the humanities in the age of climate change, and invites interdisciplinary engagement a research community that is compelled to find strategies for cultivating a hopeful tomorrow amidst unprecedented anthropogenic environmental changes.

Author : Cécile De Banke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespearean Stage Production: Then & Now written by Cécile De Banke and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136661638
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare, Theatre, and Time written by Matthew Wagner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Shakespeare thematized time thoroughly, almost obsessively, in his plays is well established: time is, among other things, a 'devourer' (Love's Labour's Lost), one who can untie knots (Twelfth Night), or, perhaps most famously, simply ‘out of joint’ (Hamlet). Yet most critical commentary on time and Shakespeare tends to incorporate little focus on time as an essential - if elusive - element of stage praxis. This book aims to fill that gap; Wagner's focus is specifically performative, asking after time as a stage phenomenon rather than a literary theme or poetic metaphor. His primary approach is phenomenological, as the book aims to describe how time operates on Shakespearean stages. Through philosophical, historiographical, dramaturgical, and performative perspectives, Wagner examines the ways in which theatrical activity generates a manifest presence of time, and he demonstrates Shakespeare’s acute awareness and manipulation of this phenomenon. Underpinning these investigations is the argument that theatrical time, and especially Shakespearean time, is rooted in temporal conflict and ‘thickness’ (the heightened sense of the present moment bearing the weight of both the past and the future). Throughout the book, Wagner traces the ways in which time transcends thematic and metaphorical functions, and forms an essential part of Shakespearean stage praxis.

Author : Andrew Gurr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shakespearean Stage written by Andrew Gurr and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Annalisa Castaldo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1683931505
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stage Matters written by Annalisa Castaldo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection features nine essays that explore how the material conditions of the early modern English stage shaped the theater. Topics range from the simulation of pregnant bodies by boy actors (and the effects of those simulations) to how bruises created by make-up might have been used on stage

Author : Gillian Woods
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474257488
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre written by Gillian Woods and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do 'stage directions' do in early modern drama? Who or what are they directing: action on the stage, or imagination via the page? Is the label 'stage direction' helpful or misleading? Do these 'directions' provide evidence of Renaissance playhouse practice? What happens when we put them at the centre of literary close readings of early modern plays? Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre investigates these problems through innovative research by a range of international experts. This collection of essays examines the creative possibilities of stage directions and and their implications for actors and audiences, readers and editors, historians and contemporary critics. Looking at the different ways stage directions make meaning, this volume provides new insights into a range of Renaissance plays.

Author : Michael Bristol
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134601204
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and Modern Theatre written by Michael Bristol and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Brett Gamboa
Publisher : Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture
ISBN 13 : 9780367429072
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Things written by Brett Gamboa and published by Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Severed heads, floating daggers, enchanted handkerchiefs, and moving statues have tantalized Shakespeare's readers and audiences for centuries. Shakespeare's Things: Shakespearean Theatre and the Non-Human World in History, Theory, and Performance invites new critical attention to non-human agents and influences, while aiming to revolutionize the interpretations of the uncanny, the supernatural, and the fantastic in Shakespeare's plays.

Author : S. Purcell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230234224
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Shakespeare written by S. Purcell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today.

Author : Patrick Lonergan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350464961
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre and Social Media written by Patrick Lonergan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does theatre, one of the most ancient and physical arts, relate to the modern, dynamic technology that is social media? How have changes in the use of social media affected the theatre? How does social media itself operate as a performance space? Used daily by many, social media has become one of the main mediums through which we present and perform our lives. In this concise study of the revealing relationship between theatre and social media, Patrick Lonergan considers social media as a performance space, analyses how theatre-makers' engagement with social media on and off stage affects elements of theatrical composition and reception, and explores the practical and conceptual implications of audiences interacting with professional productions through social media. Exploring case studies from Shakespearean performance to Broadway musicals, this revised edition explores new approaches to social media and theatre, asking how new platforms can influence, and even create, theatre productions.