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Open-air Shakespeare : = under Australian skies /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Open-air Shakespeare :/ Rosemary Gaby.
Reminder of title:	under Australian skies /
Author:	Gaby, Rosemary,
Description:	1 online resource :illustrations. :
Subject:	Theater, Open-air - Australia. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137426864
ISBN:	1137426861 (electronic bk.)

Open-air Shakespeare : = under Australian skies /
Gaby, Rosemary,

Open-air Shakespeare :under Australian skies /Rosemary Gaby. - 1 online resource :illustrations. - Global Shakespeares. - Global Shakespeares (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Open-air Shakespeare, Space, Place and Performance -- 1.Early Experiments: Pastoral and Elizabethan Staging -- 2.Pageants and Festivals: Shakespeare in the Street -- 3.Glenn Elston and the Rise of Picnic Shakespeares -- 4.From Local Park to National Park: After the 1980s.

Many people today first encounter staged Shakespeare in an open-air setting. In Australia, picnic Shakespeares seem particularly suited to the predilections of contemporary audiences and the plays have been performed in a remarkably varied range of sites. Shakespeare has been transported to gardens, parks, caves, mountains and beaches all over the country, in a place that for Shakespeare and his contemporaries was completely unknown. Why does the anomaly of performing Shakespeare in Australian space exert such a strong appeal? This book traces the history of open-air Shakespeare production in Australia from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day and suggests that the industry reflects important changes in the ways contemporary Australians relate to both their environment and to Shakespeare. It provides striking evidence of the diversity of localised responses to Shakespeare that exist outside Britain, and contributes to our understanding of Shakespeare's changing global impact.

ISBN: 1137426861 (electronic bk.)

Source: 761137Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Personal Names:

801322
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Literary style.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1007804
Theater, Open-air
--Australia.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR3109.A8

Dewey Class. No.: 792.9

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