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Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year
Paul Prescott
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Description for Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year
Paperback. Editor(s): Prescott, Paul; Sullivan, Erin. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
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 programme surrounding the Games, including the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare Festival and the Globe's Globe to Globe Festival, Shakespeare played a major role in the way the UK presented itself to its citizens and to the world. This collection explores the cultural forces at play in the construction, use and reception of Shakespeare during ... Read more
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 programme surrounding the Games, including the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare Festival and the Globe's Globe to Globe Festival, Shakespeare played a major role in the way the UK presented itself to its citizens and to the world. This collection explores the cultural forces at play in the construction, use and reception of Shakespeare during ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472520326
SKU
V9781472520326
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Ref
99-5
About Paul Prescott
Paul Prescott is Reader in English at the University of Warwick, UK. Erin Sullivan is Lecturer and Fellow at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.
Reviews for Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year
Shakespeare on the Global Stage is a timely and insightful collection… it raises crucial questions that will be central to any future attempt to bring Shakespeare, and the arts more generally, to wider audiences nationwide.
Sonia Massai, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, King’s College London, UK
This is a compelling and thought-provoking volume ... [which] will reach a broad ... Read more
Sonia Massai, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, King’s College London, UK
This is a compelling and thought-provoking volume ... [which] will reach a broad ... Read more