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The first dedicated critical analysis and historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this book explores the troupe''s four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades. The Reduced Shakespeare Company represent an American tale of how a small-scale, open-air troupe have, since their formation in 1981, gradually expanded into a global theatre brand. They create fast-paced, irreverent abridgements of many prominent topics, influencing countless theatre-makers who employ a similar approach to theatrical parody. Their debut play was translated into thirty-eight languages and ran for a record-breaking nine years on the London stage. Through a combination of interviews with the company''s founding members and current artistic directors, previously unexamined archival material and the author''s observations from attendance at rehearsals and performances in Edinburgh, London and Washington DC, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company delivers a comprehensive analysis of the Reduced Shakespeare Company''s particular blend of audience interaction, metatheatrical narratives, popular culture references, Shakespearean intertextuality and vaudevillian humour. Offering insight into their processes and products of Shakespearean abridgement and their influence on other theatre-makers, this book delves into their history by analysing their most significant Shakespeare-related works: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (1987), The Reduced Shakespeare Company Radio Show (1993), William Shakespeare''s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (2016) and Hamlet''s Big Adventure! (a prequel) (2019).
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Ronan Hatfull is Teaching Fellow in Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick and a Lecturer in Shakespeare at NYU London, UK. He teaches Shakespearean adaptation, Greek tragedy and contemporary performance practices. He co-edited Shakespeare and Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen (The Arden Shakespeare, 2023) and has published widely on the playwright’s cultural legacy. He is also an actor, director, dramaturg and musician.Farah Karim-Cooper is Head of Higher Education & Research, Shakespeare’s Globe and Professor of Shakespeare Studies, King’s College London, UK.
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Peter Holland holds the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre and is Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and co-general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics series.
Peter Holland is McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and the Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA.
Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor in English at the University of Warwick, UK.
