New places : Shakespeare and civic creativity /
New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity documents and analyzes the different ways in which a range of innovative projects take Shakespeare out into the world beyond education and the theater. Mixing critical reflection on the social value of Shakespeare with new creative work in different forms...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Arden Shakespeare,
2018.
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| Summary: | New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity documents and analyzes the different ways in which a range of innovative projects take Shakespeare out into the world beyond education and the theater. Mixing critical reflection on the social value of Shakespeare with new creative work in different forms and idioms, the volume triumphantly shows that Shakespeare can make a real contribution to contemporary civic life. Highlights include Garrick's 1769 Shakespeare ode, its revival in 2016 and a devised performance interpretation of it, the full text of Carol Ann Duffy's A Shakespeare Masque (set to music by Sally Beamish), a new Shakespearean libretto inspired by Wagner, an exploration of the civic potential of new Shakespeare opera and ballet, a fresh Shakespeare-inspired poetic liturgy, including commissions by major British poets, a production of The Merchant of Venice marking the 500th anniversary of the Venetian Jewish Ghetto and a remaking of Pericles as a response to the global migrant crisis. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 292 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1474244556 9781474244558 |