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Open-Air Shakespeare - Under Australian Skies (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,813
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Open-Air Shakespeare - Under Australian Skies (Hardcover): R. Gaby

Open-Air Shakespeare - Under Australian Skies (Hardcover)

R. Gaby

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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Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Global Shakespeares
Release date: May 2014
First published: May 2014
Authors: R. Gaby
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-42685-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare plays, texts
LSN: 1-137-42685-3
Barcode: 9781137426857

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