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Weathering Shakespeare : audiences and open-air performance /

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"From The Pastoral Players' 1884 performance of As You Like It to contemporary productions in London's Regents Park, there is a rich history of open air performances of Shakespeare's plays. Weathering Shakespeare reveals how new insights from the environmental humanities can tran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Malley, Evelyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.
Series:Environmental cultures series.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Appreciation.
Theater, Open-air.
Ecocriticism.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Art appreciation.
Theater.
Table of Contents:
  • Performing Pastoral : a new form of poetic representation
  • Light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes : Max Reinhardt's A midsummer night's dream and the Regent's Park open air theatre
  • Shakespeare-inspired nature-theaters : Minack and the willow globe
  • Wandering in woods : the natural place for the play
  • Green atmospheres : nature playing (along, sometimes)
  • Shakespeare for a changing climate.