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Open-Air Shakespeare - Under Australian Skies (Hardcover)
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Open-Air Shakespeare - Under Australian Skies (Hardcover)
Series: Global Shakespeares
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Many people today first encounter staged Shakespeare in an open-air
setting. In Australia, picnic Shakespeares seem particularly suited
to the predilections of contemporary audiences and the plays have
been performed in a remarkably varied range of sites. Shakespeare
has been transported to gardens, parks, caves, mountains and
beaches all over the country, in a place that for Shakespeare and
his contemporaries was completely unknown. Why does the anomaly of
performing Shakespeare in Australian space exert such a strong
appeal? This book traces the history of open-air Shakespeare
production in Australia from the beginning of the twentieth century
to the present day and suggests that the industry reflects
important changes in the ways contemporary Australians relate to
both their environment and to Shakespeare. It provides striking
evidence of the diversity of localised responses to Shakespeare
that exist outside Britain, and contributes to our understanding of
Shakespeare's changing global impact.
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