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Biografisk notat
Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on Shakespeare in contemporary performance and popular culture. His publications include Popular Shakespeare (2009) and The White Devil (2012) in The Shakespeare Handbooks series.'The first excellent volume in an exciting new series which brings the study of Shakespeare performance into energizing engagement with current explorations of performance as practice.' - Peter Holland, McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA 'This innovative series will provide information and incentive for students of either Shakespeare or Theatre.' - John Russell Brown, founding series editor of The Shakespeare Handbooks
What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in contemporary performance studies, and analyses the strategies employed both in the texts themselves and by modern theatre practitioners to position audiences in particular ways.
Prologue
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. I, Malvolio and its Audiences: A Case Study
PART II: IN THEORY
2. Making Sense of the Stage
3. Agency, Community and Modern Theatre Practice
PART III: IN PRACTICE
4. Controlling the Audience?
5. Framing the Stage
6. Playing with the Audience
7. Immersion and Embodiment
8. Constructing the Audience
PART IV: DEBATE AND PROVOCATION
9. Pocket Henry V: A Collaborative Debate
Reading list.
Exploring the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience, Stephen Purcell examines a wide range of theatrical productions, surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in contemporary performance studies, and analyses how both modern theatre practitioners and the play texts themselves position audiences in particular ways. Innovative and insightful, this book includes detailed case studies of two modern productions, a collaborative debate section, and suggestions for practical exercises and further reading.