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The 2002 Globe Season: The White Company, Twelfth Night Issue number 26 : Globe Research 2002.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, author.
- Series:
- Shakespeare's Globe Archive
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- Summary:
- Description: Research bulletin for the 2002 season production of Twelfth Night by The White Company. The document contains details relating to Tudor clothing and etiquette, character work for the performance, dance, music, technical issues, previews and rehearsals of the production. Points of interest include that when The Globe were invited back to Middle Temple Hall to put on a performance of Twelfth Night to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the play and in order to 'compliment the setting and the occasion of these limited anniversary performances, authenticity was carried out to the smallest details encompassing clothing, music, set and casting' and an 'all male cast played on this temporary stage, which was lit by a candlelight effect and decorated with garlands of festive greenery'. There is also a useful section which details the company meeting with 'The Tudor Group', 'a re-enactment group that deals with aspects of every day life' and 'live for periods of up to ten days in a small stately home in Northamptonshire, living the lives of mainly lower class people'. Costume is also discussed in detail, with historical context being provided as to the basic elements of women's clothing during the Elizabethan period and its connotations, for example it is noted that at The Elizabethan Globe, 'clothes did not, as a rule, go missing', partly due to the fact that 'it was considered treason to wear clothes that suggested a rank above your own station'. This example is used to illustrate 'why clothing was so important for actors, explaining that a person's status would be known by looking at their clothing', making it 'fundamental on stage to indicate the status of a character'.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: GB 3316 SGT/ED/RES/2/5/33.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on March 29, 2019).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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