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Doing Kyd reads Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, the box-office
and print success of its time, as the play that established the
revenge genre in England and served as a ‘pattern and
precedent’ for the golden generation of early modern playwrights,
from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Middleton, Webster and Ford.
Interdisciplinary in approach and accessible in style, this
collection is crucial in two respects: firstly, it has a wide
spectrum, addressing readers with interests in the play from its
early impact as the first sixteenth-century revenge tragedy, to its
afterlife in print, on the stage, in screen adaptation and
bibliographical studies. Secondly, the collection appears at a time
when Kyd and his play are back in the spotlight, through renewed
critical interest, several new stage productions between 2009 and
2013, and its firm presence in higher-education curriculum for
English and drama. -- .
Doing Kyd reads Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, the box-office
and print success of its time, as the play that established the
revenge genre in England and served as a 'pattern and precedent'
for the golden generation of early modern playwrights, from Marlowe
and Shakespeare to Middleton, Webster and Ford. Interdisciplinary
in approach and accessible in style, this collection is crucial in
two respects: firstly, it has a wide spectrum, addressing readers
with interests in the play from its early impact as the first
sixteenth-century revenge tragedy, to its afterlife in print, on
the stage, in screen adaptation and bibliographical studies.
Secondly, the collection appears at a time when Kyd and his play
are back in the spotlight, through renewed critical interest,
several new stage productions between 2009 and 2013, and its firm
presence in higher-education curriculum for English and drama. -- .
From the aftermath of World War II to the convulsions of Brexit,
festivals have deployed Shakespeare as a model of inclusive and
progressive theatre to seek cultural solutions to Europe's
multi-faceted crises. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
the first book to chart Shakespeare’s presence at continental
European festivals. It examines the role these festivals play in
European socio-cultural exchanges, and the impact festivals make on
the wider production and circulation of staged Shakespeare across
the continent. This collection offers authoritative, lively and
informed accounts of the production of Shakespeare at the following
festivals: the Avignon Festival and Le Printemps des comédiens in
Montpellier (France), the Almagro festival (Spain), Shakespeare at
Four Castles (Czech Republic and Slovakia), the International
Shakespeare Festival in Craiova (Romania), the Shakespeare
festivals in Elsinore (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Gyula (Hungary),
Itaka (Serbia), Neuss (Germany), Patalenitsa (Bulgaria), Rome and
Verona (Italy). Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners
interested in Shakespeare in performance, in translation and in a
post-national Shakespeare that knows no borders and belongs to all
of Europe.
From the aftermath of World War II to the convulsions of Brexit,
festivals have deployed Shakespeare as a model of inclusive and
progressive theatre to seek cultural solutions to Europe's
multi-faceted crises. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
the first book to chart Shakespeare's presence at continental
European festivals. It examines the role these festivals play in
European socio-cultural exchanges, and the impact festivals make on
the wider production and circulation of staged Shakespeare across
the continent. This collection offers authoritative, lively and
informed accounts of the production of Shakespeare at the following
festivals: the Avignon Festival and Le Printemps des comediens in
Montpellier (France), the Almagro festival (Spain), Shakespeare at
Four Castles (Czech Republic and Slovakia), the International
Shakespeare Festival in Craiova (Romania), the Shakespeare
festivals in Elsinore (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Gyula (Hungary),
Itaka (Serbia), Neuss (Germany), Patalenitsa (Bulgaria), Rome and
Verona (Italy). Shakespeare on European Festival Stages is
essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners
interested in Shakespeare in performance, in translation and in a
post-national Shakespeare that knows no borders and belongs to all
of Europe.
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