New playwriting at Shakespeare's globe / Vera Cantoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cantoni, Vera, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Publishing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globe Theatre (London, England : 1996- )--History.

Globe Theatre (London, England : 1996- ).

Playwriting.

Theater--England--London.

Theater.

English drama--21st century.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

First edition 2018

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

System Details:

HTML

text file

Summary:

"Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is recognised worldwide as both a monument to and significant producer of the dramatic art of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. But it has established a reputation too for commissioning innovative and distinctive new plays that respond to the unique characteristics and identity of the theatre. This is the first book to focus on the new drama commissioned and produced at the Globe, to analyse how the specific qualities of the venue have shaped those works and to assess the influences of both past and present in the work staged.The author argues that far from being simply a monument to the past, the reconstructed theatre fosters creativity in the present, creativity that must respond to the theatre's characteristic architecture, the complex set of cultural references it carries and the heterogeneous audience it attracts. Just like the reconstructed 'wooden O', the Globe's new plays highlight the relevance of the past for the present and give the spectators a prominent position. In examining the score of new plays it has produced since 1995 the author considers how they illuminate issues of staging, space, spectators, identity and history - issues that are key to an understanding of much contemporary theatre. Howard Brenton's In Extremis and Anne Boleyn receive detailed consideration, as examples of richly productive connection between the playwright's creativity and the theatre's potential. For readers interested in new writing for the stage and in the work of one of London's totemic theatre spaces, New Playwriting at Shakespeare's Globe offers a fascinating study of the fruitful influences of both past and present in today's theatre."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Something old, something new

Presenting the past

The spectacle of spectators

The weight of the past

Playing to the crowd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474298278

1474298273

9781474298254

1474298257

9781474298261

1474298265

OCLC:

1201426071