Shakespeare and Costume in Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

What is the role of costume in Shakespeare production? Shakespeare and Costume in Practice argues that costume design choices are central not only to the creation of period setting and the actor's work on character, but to the cultural, political, and psychological meanings that the theatre makes of Shakespeare. The book explores questions about what the first Hamlet looked like in his mourning cloak; how costumes for a Shakespeare comedy can reflect or critique the collective nostalgias a culture has for its past; how costume and casting work together to ask new questions about Shakespeare and race. Using production case studies of Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Tempest, the book demonstrates that costume design can be a site of experimentation, playfulness, and transgression in the theatre - and that it can provoke audiences to think again about what power, race, and gender look like on the Shakespearean stage.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Shakespeare in Practice
Release date:	December 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Bridget Escolme
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	215
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-057148-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Technical & background skills > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	3-03-057148-3
Barcode:	9783030571481

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