Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet
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2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-56959-0 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-56959-0 (ISBN)
This Element explores how Shakespearean theatre can address environmental crises, offering insights on adapting his plays ecologically. It discusses eco-friendly practices in theatre, from set design to outdoor performances, with examples from recent eco-productions of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Given the many environmental crises facing the planet, we need to use all tools to address them, including Shakespearean theatre. This Element explains why Shakespeare is well-positioned to be an eco-playwright, how theatre-makers can adapt his plays to matter now, and how to make more ecological the many processes of Shakespearean theatre, from set design to performing outdoors. The co-authors are both directors, and conversations between them about their recent eco-productions of The Tempest for the Royal Shakespeare Company and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare in Yosemite (California) give clear examples of both the why and how of eco-theatrical Shakespeare.
Given the many environmental crises facing the planet, we need to use all tools to address them, including Shakespearean theatre. This Element explains why Shakespeare is well-positioned to be an eco-playwright, how theatre-makers can adapt his plays to matter now, and how to make more ecological the many processes of Shakespearean theatre, from set design to performing outdoors. The co-authors are both directors, and conversations between them about their recent eco-productions of The Tempest for the Royal Shakespeare Company and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare in Yosemite (California) give clear examples of both the why and how of eco-theatrical Shakespeare.
Introduction: Discovering Shakespearean Eco-Theatre; 1. Why Eco-Shakespeare?; 2. Eco-Themes, or How to Select and Adapt Shakespearean Texts for Eco-Performance; 3. Eco-Practices, or, How to Make Shakespeare Plays that Don't Cost the Earth; Epilogue: Green Teaching; Appendix A: Selected Eco-Shakespearean Companies and Organizations; Appendix B: Selected Eco-Shakespearean Productions and Films; References.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in Shakespeare Performance |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 124 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-56959-7 / 1009569597 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-56959-0 / 9781009569590 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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