Lockdown Shakespeare New Evolutions in Performance and Adaptation
Lockdown Shakespeare: New Evolutions in Performance and Adaptation by Gemma Kate Allred, published by Bloomsbury Academic on July 14, 2022, is a comprehensive exploration of the innovative adaptations of Shakespeare’s works during the Covid-19 pandemic. This edited collection features contributions from scholars in stage, screen, early modern studies, and adaptation studies, providing an in-depth analysis of the performances that emerged in response to the challenges of lockdown. The book examines various aspects such as form, liveness, reception, presence, and community, offering a detailed overview of how digital platforms transformed the presentation of Shakespearean drama.
Readers will find a rich documentation of diverse productions, including The Show Must Go Online and interactive adaptations like Creation Theatre’s The Tempest and Macbeth. The chapters delve into the experiences of theatre makers and educators, highlighting how digital tools have reshaped the teaching and performance of Shakespeare. This edition serves as a definitive source on the evolution of performance and adaptation in the context of the pandemic, showcasing the creativity and resilience of the theatre industry in navigating new conventions and aesthetics. With 296 pages, this English-language book provides valuable insights into the intersection of drama, literary criticism, and the performing arts during a pivotal moment in history.
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This edited collection offers the first in-depth analysis and sourcebook for ‘Lockdown Shakespeare’. It brings together scholars of stage, screen, early modern and adaptation studies to examine the work that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic and considers issues of form, liveness, reception, presence and community. Interviews with theatre makers and artists illuminate the challenges and benefits of creating new work online, while educators consider how digital tools have facilitated the teaching of Shakespeare through performance. Together, the chapters in this book offer readers the definitive work on the performance and adaptation of Shakespeare online during the pandemic.
From The Show Must Go Online, which presented Shakespeare’s First Folio via YouTube, to Creation Theatre and Big Telly’s interactive The Tempest and Macbeth, which used Zoom as their stage, the book documents the variety and richness of work that emerged during the pandemic. It reveals how, by taking Shakespeare online in new and innovative ways, the theatre industry sparked the evolution of new forms of performance with their own conventions, aesthetics and notions of liveness. Among the other productions discussed are Arden Theatre Company’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tender Claws’ ‘The Under Presents: Tempest’, The Shakespeare Ensemble’s What You Will, Merced Shakespearefest’s Ricardo II, CtrlAltRepeat’s Midsummer Night Stream, Sally McLean’s Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) and Justina Taft Mattos’s Moore – A Pacific Island Othello.
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