Shakespeare Broadcasts and the Question of Value
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2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-41800-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-41800-3 (ISBN)
This Element investigates the framing of Shakespeare's works in live theatre broadcasts by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite scholars' engagement, paratexts have been ignored. It examines how RSC Live broadcasts mediate lesser-known works and questions the theatre's role in (re)negotiating hierarchies of value in Shakespeare's canon.
This Element investigates the framing 'texts' of Shakespeare's works in live theatre broadcasts produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite growing engagement from scholars of digital Shakespeares with the phenomenon of broadcast theatre and the aesthetics of filmed productions, the paratexts which accompany the live-streams − live or pre-recorded features, including interviews and short films − have largely been ignored. The Element considers how RSC live broadcasts of rarely performed, often critically maligned works are mediated for contemporary audiences, focusing on The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014), Titus Andronicus (2017), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2018). It questions the role of the theatre institution as a powerful broker in the (re)negotiation of hierarchies of value within Shakespeare's canon. Individual sections also trace the longer genealogies of paratextual value-narratives in print, proposing that broadcast paratexts be understood as participating in a broader history of Shakespearean paratexts in print and performance.
This Element investigates the framing 'texts' of Shakespeare's works in live theatre broadcasts produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite growing engagement from scholars of digital Shakespeares with the phenomenon of broadcast theatre and the aesthetics of filmed productions, the paratexts which accompany the live-streams − live or pre-recorded features, including interviews and short films − have largely been ignored. The Element considers how RSC live broadcasts of rarely performed, often critically maligned works are mediated for contemporary audiences, focusing on The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014), Titus Andronicus (2017), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2018). It questions the role of the theatre institution as a powerful broker in the (re)negotiation of hierarchies of value within Shakespeare's canon. Individual sections also trace the longer genealogies of paratextual value-narratives in print, proposing that broadcast paratexts be understood as participating in a broader history of Shakespearean paratexts in print and performance.
Introduction: 'This Goodly Frame'; 1. Young and free: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014); 2. Alt-Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (2017); 3. Fictions of composition: The Merry Wives of Windsor (2018); 4. Conclusion: 'What is aught, but as 'tis valued?'; Appendix: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Broadcast Transcript; Bibliography.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in Shakespeare and Text |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 178 mm |
| Gewicht | 108 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-41800-9 / 1009418009 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-41800-3 / 9781009418003 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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