Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Heijes, Coen

Titel

"Thus play I in one person many people": The art and craft of doubling in the Boyd history cycle

Ist Teil von

• Shakespeare (London, England), 2010-04, Vol.6 (1), p.52-73

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this article I discuss the principles and practice of doubling in the 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company history cycle directed by Michael Boyd. I first discuss the lack of systematic, scholarly attention to theatrical doubling in general and develop a new taxonomy of doubling, incorporating two main categories: "practical doubling" and "significant doubling". Practical doubling stems from economic necessity; significant doubling, consisting of six subcategories, is employed by directors and actors as a vehicle of meaning. I illustrate this taxonomy through a critical study of the Boyd-directed history plays, showing how the use of doubling in that cycle allowed for a multi-layered approach, which enhanced both coherence and ambiguity.