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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
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
Series:Environmental Cultures Ser.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Appreciation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Theater, Open-air.
Ecocriticism.
Théâtre de plein-air.
Écocritique.
Shakespeare studies & criticism.
Art appreciation
Ecocriticism
Theater
Theater, Open-air
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One
  • 1 Performing Pastoral: A New Form of Poetic Representation
  • 2 "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
  • Part Two
  • 3 Shakespeare-Inspired Nature-Theaters: Minack and the Willow Globe
  • 4 Wandering in Woods: The Natural Place for the Play
  • Part Three
  • 5 Green Atmospheres: Nature Playing (Along, Sometimes)
  • 6 Shakespeare for a Changing Climate
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index