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Shakespeare broadcasts and the question of value / Beth Sharrock.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Sharrock, Beth, author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and text, 2754-4257.
Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare and text, 2754-4257
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--England.
Shakespeare, William.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations--History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Royal Shakespeare Company.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (94 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Summary:
This Element investigates the framing 'texts' of Shakespeare's works in live theatre broadcasts produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite growing engagement from scholars of digital Shakespeares with the phenomenon of broadcast theatre and the aesthetics of filmed productions, the paratexts which accompany the live-streams − live or pre-recorded features, including interviews and short films − have largely been ignored. The Element considers how RSC live broadcasts of rarely performed, often critically maligned works are mediated for contemporary audiences, focusing on The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2014), Titus Andronicus (2017), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (2018). It questions the role of the theatre institution as a powerful broker in the (re)negotiation of hierarchies of value within Shakespeare's canon. Individual sections also trace the longer genealogies of paratextual value-narratives in print, proposing that broadcast paratexts be understood as participating in a broader history of Shakespearean paratexts in print and performance.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Feb 2025).
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ISBN:
9781009417976
1009417975
9781009417969
1009417967
9781009417990
1009417991
OCLC:
1473973556

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