Shakespeare and the force of modern performance:
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1. Verfasser: Worthen, William B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-261) and index
"Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance asks a central theoretical question in the study of drama: what is the relationship between the dramatic text and the meanings of performance? Developing the notion of "performativity" explored by J.L. Austin, Judith Butler, and others, Worthen argues that the text cannot govern the force of its performance. Instead the text becomes significant only as embodied in the changing conventions of its performance. Worthen explores this understanding of dramatic performativity by interrogating several contemporary sites of Shakespeare production. He analyzes how Shakespeare is recreated in historical performance, exemplified by the Globe Theatre on Bankside; by international and intercultural performance; by film; and by the appearance of Shakespeare on the internet. The book includes detailed discussions of recent films and stage productions, and sets Shakespeare performances alongside other works of contemporary drama an theatre"--Jacket
Introduction: dramatic performativity and the force of performance -- 1. Performing history -- 2. Globe performativity -- 3. Shakespearean geographies -- 4. Cyber-Shakespeare
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 274 pages)
ISBN:0511042167
0511120109
0511484089
052100800X
0521810302
9780511042164
9780511120107
9780511484087
9780521008006
9780521810302

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