Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the Technologies of Performance

ISBN-13: 9781108430357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 258 str.

Pascale (University of Exeter) Aebischer

Opis

Examining how technological developments in performance practices affect spectator experience of Shakespeare and early modern drama.

Recenzje

'… this book presents an exciting frame that could be applied to many others.' William N. West, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900

Spis treści

Introduction. Shakespeare, spectatorship and technologies of performance; Part I. Candlelight and Architecture at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse: 1. Dominic Dromgoole's The Changeling (2015): social division and anamorphic vision; 2. Dominic Dromgoole's The Tempest (2016): labour, technology and the gender of theatrical magic; Part II. Digital Technologies and Early Modern Drama at the National Theatre and the RSC: 3. Stanislavski in the closet: Joe Hill-Gibbins' Edward II (National Theatre, 2013); 4. 'Tech-enabled' theatre at the RSC: digital performance and Gregory Doran's Tempest (RSC, 2016); Part III. 'Invisible' Technology and 'Liveness' in Digital Theatre Broadcasting: 5. Hamlet in parts: Robin Lough's RSC live cinema broadcast of Simon Godwin's Hamlet (8 June 2016); 6. Offstage dynamics and the virtual public sphere in Cheek by Jowl's live stream of Measure for Measure (2015); Concluding most obscenely: offstage technophelias.