Ulteriori informazioni
As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, the most translated and performed playwright in the world continues to live on in our imagination. How might we historicize Shakespeare's influence in Canada?
Sommario
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Shakespeare and Canada: "Remembrance of Ourselves"
Irena R. Makaryk and Kathryn Prince 1
"Theatre is not a nursing home": Merchants of Venice of The Stratford Festival
C. E. McGee 11
Intercultural Performance and The Stratford Festival as Global Tourist Place: Leon Rubin's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night
Robert Ormsby 27
Stratford, Shakespeare, and J. D. Barnett
Ian Rae 49
Counterfactual History at The Stratford Festival: Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex and Peter Hinton's The Swanne
Peter Kuling 71
"Who's There?": Slings & Arrows' Audience Dynamics
Kailin Wright 79
Race, National Identity, and the Hauntological Ethics of Slings & Arrows
Don Moore 97
Performing "Indigenous Shakespeare" in Canada: The Tempest and The Death of a Chief
Sarah Mackenzie 111
Shakespeare, a Late Bloomer on the Quebec Stage
Annie Brisset 127
Mediatic Shakespeare: McLuhan and the Bard
Richard Cavell 157
Shakespeare and the "Cultural Lag" of Canadian Stratford in Alice Munro's "Tricks"
Troni Y. Grande 177
Beyond (or Beneath) the Folio: Neil Freeman's Shakespearean Acting Pedagogy in Context
Tom Scholte 199
Rhyme and Reason: Shakespeare's Exceptional Status and Role in Canadian Education
Dana M. Colarusso 215
The Truth About Stories About Shakespeare . . . In Canada?
Daniel Fischlin 241
Contributors 263
Index 267
Info autore
Irena R. Makaryk is Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Department of English. She displays a special interest for the interpretation of Shakespeare's work in different cultures and time periods. She has been published numerous times for her work on Shakespeare's literary career and
Kathryn Prince is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Department of Theatre. Her research focuses on intersections of space, bodies, objects, and emotions in early modern performance. She also displays a particular interest for Shakespeare's theatrical career.
Riassunto
As we commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, the most translated and performed playwright in the world continues to live on in our imagination. How might we historicize Shakespeare's influence in Canada?
