Shakespeare, spectatorship and the technologies of performance /

Shakespeare, Spectatorship and Technologies of Performance examines how rapid changes in performance technologies affect modes of spectatorship for early modern drama. It argues that seemingly disparate developments, such as the revival of early modern architectural and lighting technologies, digita...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aebischer, Pascale, 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > 21st century. Theater > Production and direction > Technological innovations. Theater audiences > Effect of technological innovations on. Technology and the arts.

Table of Contents:

Dominic Dromgoole's The changeling (2015) : social division and anamorphic vision
Dominic Dromgoole's The tempest (2016) : labour, technology and the gender of theatrical magic
Stanislavski in the closet : Joe Hill-Gibbins' Edward II (National Theatre, 2013)
'Tech-enabled' theatre at the RSC : digital performance and Gregory Doran's Tempest (RSC, 2016)
Hamlet in parts : Robin Lough's RSC live cinema broadcast of Simon Godwin's Hamlet (8 June 2016)
Offstage dynamics and the virtual public sphere in Cheek by jowl's live stream of Measure for measure (2015)
Concluding most obscenely: Offstage technophelias.