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Performing Shakespeare on an endangered planet / Katherine Steele Brokaw, Elizabeth Freestone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brokaw, Katherine Steele, 1980- author.
- Freestone, Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance, 2516-0117
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Theater--Production and direction--Environmental aspects.
- Theater.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Given the many environmental crises facing the planet, we need to use all tools to address them, including Shakespearean theatre. This Element explains why Shakespeare is well-positioned to be an eco-playwright, how theatre-makers can adapt his plays to matter now, and how to make more ecological the many processes of Shakespearean theatre, from set design to performing outdoors. The co-authors are both directors, and conversations between them about their recent eco-productions of The Tempest for the Royal Shakespeare Company and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare in Yosemite (California) give clear examples of both the why and how of eco-theatrical Shakespeare"-- Cambridge University Press.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Discovering Shakespearean eco-theatre
- Why eco-Shakespeare?
- Eco-themes, or how to select and adapt Shakespearean texts for eco-performance
- Eco-practices, or, how to make Shakespeare plays that don’t cost the Earth
- Epilogue: green teaching.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 10, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Brokaw, Katherine Steele, 1980- Performing Shakespeare on an endangered planet
- ISBN:
- 9781009569613
- 1009569619
- OCLC:
- 1521231986
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000227049
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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