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Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice Andrew James Hartley

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice By Andrew James Hartley

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice by Andrew James Hartley

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Can Shakespeare's plays ever be truly radical?

Revealing the unspoken politics of Shakespeare's plays on stage, Andrew Hartley examines their nature, agenda, limits and potential.

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice Summary

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice by Andrew James Hartley

What makes a Shakespeare production political? Can Shakespeare's plays ever be truly radical?

Revealing the unspoken politics of Shakespeare's plays on stage, Andrew Hartley examines their nature, agenda, limits and potential. In considering key theoretical issues, analysing a wide range of productions, and engaging in a collaborative debate with Professor Ayanna Thompson, Hartley highlights a more consciously political approach to making theatre out of Shakespeare's scripts and to experiencing it as an audience. Dynamic and provocative, this book is a crucial text for students and theatre practitioners alike.

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice Reviews

'Engaging, illuminating and finely balanced, this book offers a great model for any student, critic or performer of Shakespeare who wants to think seriously about the politics of what they are seeing and making.' - Paul Prescott, Associate Professor of English, University of Warwick, UK 'Are all politics local? Hartley reminds us that theatre productions are - material, multi-vocal, co-created and contingent, made for and out of all the particular contexts brought to the event. There are many joys to be had in this incisive, honest and eminently readable book, but uppermost is its detailed linking of political and artistic concerns.' - Kevin Ewert, Director of Theatre Program and Professor of Theatre, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, USA 'An exciting new series which brings the study of Shakespeare performance into energizing engagement with current explorations of performance as practice.' - Peter Holland, McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA 'This innovative series will provide information and incentive for students of either Shakespeare or Theatre.' - John Russell Brown, founding series editor of The Shakespeare Handbooks

About Andrew James Hartley

Andrew James Hartley is the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. He is author of The Shakespeare Dramaturg and Julius Caesar, was the editor of the performance journal Shakespeare Bulletin from 2003-13, and is an Associate Artist at Georgia Shakespeare.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- PART I: IN THEORY.- 1. The Politics of the Stage.- 2. The Strange Case of Mr. Shakespeare.- PART II: IN PRACTICE.- 3. Identity Politics and the Stage.- 4. Challenging the Establishment.- 5. Representing Politics.- 6. Place and Pedagogy.- 7. The Politics of Safe Shakespeare.- PART III: PROVOCATION AND DEBATE.

Additional information

NPB9780230370074
9780230370074
0230370071
Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice by Andrew James Hartley
Andrew James Hartley
Shakespeare in Practice
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2013-12-13
176
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