152 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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Shakespeare, Performance and the Archive is a ground-breaking and movingly written exploration of what remains when actors evacuate the space and time of performance. An analysis of ‘leftovers’, it moves between tracking the politics of what is consciously archived and the politics of visible and invisible theatrical labour to trace the persistence of performance.
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INTRODUCTION: THE LURE OF LEFTOVERS
CHAPTER 1 MATERIAL REMAINS AT PLAY
CHAPTER 2 REHEARSAL REMAINS or READING FROM
THE MARGINS: ACTORS’ SCRIPTS
CHAPTER 3 STORYTELLING, ANECDOTES,
ETHNOGRAPHY:
THE ESC’S WARS OF THE ROSES
CHAPTER 4 DREAMING IN THE ARCHIVES
EPILOGUE: LOOKING FORWARD
Biography
Barbara Hodgdon is Professor of English at the University of Michigan, now retired. Her major interest is in theatrical performances, especially performed Shakespeare. She is the author of The End Crowns All, The Shakespeare Trade and most recently the Arden 3 edition of The Taming of the Shrew.
