Extended reality Shakespeare / Aneta Mancewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancewicz, Aneta, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Mixed reality--Social aspects.

Mixed reality.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Physical Description:

84 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This Element argues for the importance of extended reality as an innovative force that changes the understanding of theatre and Shakespeare. It shows how the inclusion of augmented and virtual realities in performance can reconfigure the senses of the experiencers, enabling them to engage with technology actively. Such engagements can, in turn, result in new forms of presence, embodiment, eventfulness, and interaction. In drawing on Shakespeare's dramas as source material, this Element recognises the growing practice of staging them in an extended reality mode, and their potential to advance the development of extended reality. Given Shakespeare's emphasis on metatheatre, his works can inspire the layering of environments and the experiences of transition between the environments both features that distinguish extended reality. The author's examination of selected works in this Element unveils creative convergences between Shakespeare's dramaturgy and digital technology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1009044567

9781009044561

OCLC:

1415843297