Shakespeare on the global stage performance and festivity in the olympic year / edited by Paul Prescott and Erin Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prescott, Paul, 1974- editor.

Sullivan, Erin (Cultural historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1950-.

Olympic Games--(30th : 2012 : London, England).

Olympic Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

"Long held as Britain's 'national poet', Shakespeare's role in the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad confirmed his status as a global icon in the modern world. From his prominent positioning in the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies, to his major presence in the cultural programme surrounding the Games, including the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare Festival and the Globe's Globe to Globe Festival, Shakespeare played a major role in the way the UK presented itself to its citizens and to the world. This collection explores the cultural forces at play in the construction, use and reception of Shakespeare during the 2012 Olympic Moment, considering what his presence says about culture, politics and identity in twenty-first century British and global life."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of figures

List of contributors

Preface / Paul Prescott and Erin Sullivan

1: Shakespeare and the Dream of Olympism / Paul Prescott

2: Two Poems from the Olympic Year / Kapka Kassabova

3: Performing Shakespeare in the Olympic Year: Interviews with Three Practitioners / Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tom Bird, Tracy Irish

4: States of the Nations: Henry VI, the London Olympics and the Spectacular City / Stuart Hampton-Reeves

5: Shakespeare in the North: Regionalism, Culture and Power / Adam Hansen and Monika Smialkowska

6: Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the 'Olympic Spirit' / Stephen Purcell

7: Expert Spectatorship and Intra-Audience Relationships at Globe to Globe 2012 / Rose Elfman

8: 'Mind the gap': Globalism, Postcolonialism and Making up Africa in the Cultural Olympiad / Colette Gordon

9: A Tale of Two Londons: Locating Shakespeare and Dickens in 2012 / Peter Kirwan and Charlotte Mathieson

10: 1948/2012: Building Nations / Tony Howard

11: Olympic Shakespeare and the Idea of Legacy: Culture, Capital and the Global Future / Erin Sullivan

Afterword / Kathleen McLuskie

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: London: Arden Shakespeare, 2015. Digital resource published 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 13, 2018).

ISBN:

9781472520340

1472520343

9781472520333

1472520335

9781474213561

1474213561

9781472520357

1472520351

OCLC:

894554124