Weathering Shakespeare : audiences and open-air performance /

Weathering Shakespeare : audiences and open-air performance /

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Author / Creator:	O'Malley, Evelyn, author.
Edition:	Paperback edition.
Imprint:	London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. ©2021
Description:	xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Environmental cultures series Environmental cultures series.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Appreciation. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 Theater, Open-air. Ecocriticism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12704260

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ISBN:	9781350202443 1350202444 9781350078079 9781350078086
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"From The Pastoral Players' 1884 performance of As You Like It to contemporary productions in London's Regents Park, there is a rich history of open air performances of Shakespeare's plays. Weathering Shakespeare reveals how new insights from the environmental humanities can transform our understanding of this popular performance practice. Drawing on audience accounts of outdoor productions of those plays most commonly chosen for open air performance - including A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest - the book examines how performers and audiences alike have reacted to unpredictable natural environments. Weathering Shakespeare goes on to explore the ways in which contemporary concerns about the environment have informed new and emerging performance practices"--
Standard no.:	40030378126

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Summary:	Winner of the ASLE-UKI 2022 Book Prize From The Pastoral Players' 1884 performance of As You Like It to contemporary site-specific productions activist interventions, there is a rich history of open air performances of Shakespeare's plays beyond their early modern origins. Weathering Shakespeare reveals how new insights from the environmental humanities can transform our understanding of this popular performance practice. Drawing on audience accounts of outdoor productions of those plays most commonly chosen for open air performance - including A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest - the book examines how performers and audiences alike have reacted to unpredictable natural environments.
Physical Description:	xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781350202443 1350202444 9781350078079 9781350078086