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Shakespeare, blackface and race : different perspectives / Coen Heijes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3109.N4 H45 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heijes, Coen, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance
- Elements in Shakespeare performance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--Netherlands.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare).
- Othello.
- Blackface--Netherlands.
- Blackface.
- Racism--Netherlands.
- Racism.
- Netherlands--Race relations.
- Netherlands.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 91 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This Element addresses the topical debate on blackface, race and Othello. With Shakespeare performance studies being rather Anglo-centric, the author explores how this debate has taken a radically different course in the Netherlands, a country historically perceived as tolerant and culturally close to the UK. Through several case studies, including the Van Hove Othello of 2003/2012 and the latest, controversial 2018/2020 Othello, the first main house production with a black actor as Othello, the author analyses the interaction between blackface and (institutional) racism in Dutch society and theatre and how Othello has become an active player in this debate.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- 2. Context: Dutch Tolerance, Blackface and Racism
- 3. Othello after World War II: White Actors and Blackface
- 4. Movement from the Fringe: Ignorance, Indifference and Indignation
- 5. Othello Is Black and That Matters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heijes, Coen. Shakespeare, Blackface and Race.
- ISBN:
- 1108827829
- 9781108827829
- OCLC:
- 1178636880
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