"On the occasion of the British Library exhibition 'Shakespeare in Ten Acts' 15 April - 6 September 2016. Curated by Zoë Wilcox, Tanya Kirk and Greg Buzwell"--Title page verso. Includes blbliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 10 `Look here, upon this picture': Theatrofilm, the Wooster Group Hamlet and the Film Industry / Judith Buchanan. ch. 2 `Into something rich and strange': The Tempest at the Blackfriars Playhouse, c. 1610 -- 11 / Gordon Mcmullan -- ch. 3 `The wide world': Shakespeare across the Globe / Sonia Massai -- ch. 4 `Do you not know I am a woman?': The Legacy of the First Female Desdemona, 1660 / Hannah Manktelow -- ch. 5 "Tis mad idolatry': Vortigern, the Ireland Forgeries and the Birth of Bardolatry / Greg Buz Well -- ch. 6 `Haply, for I am black': The Legacy of Ira Aldridge / Zoe Wilcox -- ch. 7 `He is return'd': The Revision and Restoration of King Lear / Lucy Munro -- ch. 8 `The revolution of the times': Peter Brook's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1970 / Peter Holland -- ch. 9 `The wheel is come full circle': Twelfth Night at Middle Temple Hall and Shakespeare's Globe, 2002 / Farah Karim-Cooper -- ch. 10 `Look here, upon this picture': Theatrofilm, the Wooster Group Hamlet and the Film Industry / Judith Buchanan.
Summary:
Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, it is difficult to imagine a time when he was not considered a genius. But those 400 years have seen his plays banished and bowdlerized, faked and forged, traded and translated, re-mixed and re-cast. Shakespeare's story is not one of a steady rise to fame; it is a tale of set-backs and sea-changes that have made him the cultural icon he is today. This revealing new book accompanies an innovative exhibition at the British Library that will take readers on a journey through more than 400 years of performance. It will focus on ten moments in history that have changed the way we see Shakespeare, from the very first production of Hamlet to a digital-age deconstruction. Each performance holds up a mirror to the era in which it was performed. The first stage appearance by a woman in 1660 and a black actor playing Othello in 1825 were landmarks for society as well as for Shakespeare's reputation. The book will also explore productions as diverse as Peter Brook's legendary A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mark Rylance's 'Original Practices' Twelfth Night, and a Shakespeare forgery staged at Drury Lane in 1796, among many others. Over 100 illustrations include the only surviving playscript in Shakespeare's hand, an authentic Shakespeare signature, and rare printed editions including the First Folio. These - and other treasures from the British Library's manuscript and rare book collections - feature alongside film stills, costumes, paintings and production photographs. Publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.