Shakespeare in Elizabethan costume : 'period dress' in twenty-first-century performance / Ella Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, Ella, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costume--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Costume.

Costume--Great Britain--History--17th century.

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

Shakespeare, William.

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

Great Britain--Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 270 pages).: illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : The Arden Shakespeare, [2022]

Summary:

"The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, have doublets, hose, ruffs and farthingales featured in many Shakespeare productions staged since the turn of the twenty-first century? This book scrutinizes the popular practice of costuming Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan and Jacobean dress. It considers why this traditional approach to design appeals to contemporary directors, designers and audiences, and how it has shaped the meaning of Shakespeare's works in specific performance contexts. Informed by original interviews with several prominent theatre practitioners, including Emma Rice, Gregory Doran, Jenny Tiramani, Simon Godwin, Stephen Brimson Lewis and Tom Piper, Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume explores how various twenty-first-century Shakespeare productions have drawn on myths and desires associated with early modern clothing. Its discussions range from the practicalities of historical reconstruction to the appeal of early modern sartorial culture as an embodiment of wonder, spectacle and the supernatural. Productions discussed include the Globe's production of Love Labour's Lost (2009), the National Theatre's Twelfth Night (2017) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Tempest (2016). Ella Hawkins examines the minutiae of modern design -- how seams are sewn, whence fabrics are sourced -- as well as the widespread cultural movements that have produced our modern relationship with the period of Shakespeare's lifetime. This is the first book to explore fully the significance of Elizabethan-inspired design in contemporary Shakespearean performance. Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume reframes so-called 'period' costuming as a dynamic collection of practices capable of refashioning textual meanings, reflecting present-day political and societal shifts and confronting contemporary injustices."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

'Original Practices' Costume Design at Shakespeare's Globe: Practice as Experiment and Research

Tradition, Nostalgia, and Tourism: Jacobethan-Inspired Costuming and the Shakespeare Institution

Displaced/Repurposed Elizabethan Icons

Fantastical Imaginings

The Time is Out of Joint.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350234444

1350234443

9781350234437

1350234435

OCLC:

1293234122