Catherine Silverstone

Shakespeare, Trauma and Contemporary Performance (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study explores the relationship between performances of Shakespeare's plays and the ways in which they engage with traumatic events and histories. It investigates the ethical and political implications of attempts to represent trauma in performance, and interrogates a range of narratives about Shakespeare, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, colonization and violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135178307
• Artikelnr.: 38245863

Autorenporträt

Catherine Silverstone is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1: "Honour the real thing": Gregory Doran's Titus Andronicus
in South Africa 2: The Legacy of Colonisation: Don C. Selwyn's The Maori
Merchant of Venice and Aotearoa New Zealand 3: Sexuality, Trauma and
Community: The Tempest, Philip Osment's This Island's Mine and Gay
Sweatshop 4: Theatres of War: Nicholas Hytner's Henry V