Robert Lepage''s Intercultural Encounters

This study returns to the origins of Robert Lepage's directorial work and his first cross-cultural interaction with a Shakespearean text to provide some background for his later work. This early work is situated within the political and social context of Quebec and Canada in the 1980s.

List of contents

1. The Boundaries of Shakespeare in Performance Criticism; 2. The 2018 Controversies; 3. The Artist in Canada: Representing Difference; 4. The Cultural and Theatrical Climate in Canada 1980-1992; 5. Bilingual Theatre in Canada; 6. Shakespeare in Quebec; 7. Reflecting on Origins ¿ Lepage's Training and Théâtre Repère; 8. Nightcap Productions/Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan; 9. A Critical Analysis of Early Multicultural Government Policy in Canada; 10. Quebec's Multiculturalism/Interculturalism; 11. English Canada's Approach to Multicultural Policy; 12. The Cultural Controversy of 2018 Revisited.

Summary

This study returns to the origins of Robert Lepage's directorial work and his first cross-cultural interaction with a Shakespearean text to provide some background for his later work. This early work is situated within the political and social context of Quebec and Canada in the 1980s.

Product details

• Authors: Christie Carson, Carson Christie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108940481
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94048-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Shakespeare Perfor; Elements in Shakespeare Performance
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean