Writing Performative Shakespeares - New Forms for Performance Criticism

This original and innovative study offers the reader an inventive analysis of Shakespeare in performance.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Materialising Shakespeare; 2. Sudoku Shakespeare; 3. Red button Shakespeare; 4. Graphic Shakespeare with Bernard Caleo; 5. Engaging Shakespeare; 6. Ghosting Shakespeare; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Rob Conkie is Senior Lecturer of Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University, Victoria. His research integrates practical and theoretical approaches to Shakespeare in performance. He is the author of The Globe Theatre Project: Shakespeare and Authenticity (2006) and has published articles in journals including Shakespeare, Shakespeare Bulletin and Shakespeare Survey.

Summary

Through a series of highly innovative visual forms, this original volume offers the reader an innovative approach to Shakespeare in performance. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of Shakespeare in performance, theatre studies, and performative writing.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Conkie, Rob (La Trobe University Conkie, Conkie Rob
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107421301
• ISBN: 978-1-107-42130-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean