Shakespeare and the 'Live' Theatre Broadcast Experience

This ground breaking collection of essays is the first to examine the phenomenon of how, in the twenty-first century, Shakespeare has been experienced as a ''live'' or ''as-live'' theatre broadcast by audiences around the world. Shakespeare and the ''Live'' Theatre Broadcast Experience explores the precursors of this phenomenon and its role in Shakespeare''s continuing globalization. It considers some of the most important companies that have produced such broadcasts since 2009, including NT Live, Globe on Screen, RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford Festival HD, Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live, and Cheek by Jowl, and examines the impact these broadcasts have had on branding, ideology, style and access to Shakespeare for international audiences. Contributors from around the world reflect on how broadcasts impact on actors'' performances, changing viewing practices, local and international Shakespearean fan cultures and the use of social media by audience members for whom "liveness" is increasingly tied up in the experience economy. The book tackles vexing questions regarding the ''presentness'' and ''liveness'' of performance in the 21st century, the reception of Shakespeare in a globally-connected environment, the challenges of sustaining an audience for stage Shakespeare, and the ideological implications of consuming theatre on screen. It will be crucial reading for scholars of the ''live'' theatre broadcast, and enormously helpful for scholars of Shakespeare on screen and in performance more broadly.>

Product details

• Authors: Pascale Aebischer, Susanne Greenhalgh, Osborne
• Assisted by: Pascale Aebischer (Editor), Susanne Greenhalgh (Editor), Laurie Osborne (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781350030466
• ISBN: 978-1-350-03046-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, 21st Century, Films, cinema, Theatre Studies, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights