Illustrations viiiList of Contributors ixAcknowledgements xNote on the text xiList of Abbreviations xii
Introduction 1
Pascale Aebischer and Susanne GreenhalghPart One: Wide Angle1 The Remains of the Stage: Revivifying Shakespearean
Theatre on Screen, 1964–2016 19
Susanne Greenhalgh2 Shakespeare’s New Marketplace: the Places of Event
Cinema 41
Susan Bennett3 The Audience is Present: Aliveness, Social Media, and the
Theatre Broadcast Experience 59
Erin Sullivan, University of Birmingham, UK4 Understanding New Encounters with Shakespeare: Hybrid
Media and Emerging Audience Behaviours 77
Rachael NicholasPart Two: In the Theatre5 A View from the Stage: Interviews with Performers 95
Beth Sharrock6 A View from the Stalls: The Audience’s Experience in the
Theatre During the RSC Live from Stratford-upon-
Avon
Broadcasts 103
Julie RabyPart Three: Close-Ups7 South Bank Shakespeare Goes Global: Broadcasting from
Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre 113
Pascale Aebischer8 The Stratford Festival of Canada: Mental Tricks and
Archival Documents in the Age of NTLive 133
Margaret Jane Kidnie9 Talawa and Black Theatre Live: ‘Creating the Ira Aldridges
That Are Remembered’ – Live Theatre Broadcast and the
Historical Record 147
Jami Rogers10 Cheek by Jowl: Reframing Complicity in Web-Streams of
Measure for Measure 161
Peter KirwanPart Four: Reaction Shots11 The Curious Incident of Shakespeare Fans in NTLive:
Public Screenings and Fan Culture in Japan 177
Kitamura Sae12 Shakespeare and the Theatre Broadcast Experience: A
View from Hong Kong 185
Michael Ingham13 Very Like a Film: Hamlet Live in Bologna 193
Keir Elam14 Shakespeare at a Theatre Near You: Student Engagement
in Northeast Ohio 199
Ann M. Martinez15 Shakespeare from the House of Molière:
The Comédie-Française/Pathé Live Roméo etJuliette (2016) 207
Pascale Aebischer
Epilogue: Revisiting Liveness 215
Laurie E. Osborne
Appendix: Digital Theatre Broadcasts of Shakespeare,
2003–17 227
Rachael NicholasIndex 243