Shakespeare on the global stage : performance and festivity in the Olympic year / edited by Paul Prescott and Erin Sullivan.
"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 programm...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare,
[2015]
|
| Series: | Arden Shakespeare (Critical studies)
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Shakespeare and the dream of Olympism / Paul Prescott
- Two poems from the Olympic year / Kapka Kassabova
- Performing Shakespeare in the Olympic year : interviews with three practitioners / Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tom Bird and Tracy Irish
- States of the nations : Henry VI, the London Olympics and the spectacular city / Stuart Hampton-Reeves
- Shakespeare in the north : regionalism, culture and power / Adam Hansen and Monika Smialkowska
- Shakespeare, spectatorship and the 'Olympic spirit' / Stephen Purcell
- Expert spectatorship and intra-audience relationships at Globe to Globe 2012 / Rose Elfman
- 'Mind the gap' : globalism, postcolonialism and making up Africa in the Cultural Olympiad / Colette Gordon
- A tale of two Londons : locating Shakespeare and Dickens in 2012 / Peter Kirwan and Charlotte Mathieson
- 1948/2012 : building nations / Tony Howard
- Olympic Shakespeare and the idea of legacy : culture, capital and the global future / Erin Sullivan
- Afterword / Kathleen McLuskie.