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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wozniak, Jan,

Titel

The politics of performing Shakespeare for young people : standing up to Shakespeare

Ort / Verlag

London ; : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Chapter 1: "You can forget it mate"! Young Audiences, Democracy and Shakespeare -- Chapter 2: Catching up to Shakespeare? The Maturing Audience in Shakespeare for Young People -- Chapter 3: An Unworthy Scaffold? "Poor" Theatre and Shakespeare for Young People -- Chapter 4: "No feeling of his business"? Negotiating Shakespeare as literature and theatre for young people -- Conclusion: Shakespeare is not a school -- Bibliography Notes -- Index.
• "What is the value of performing Shakespeare's plays for young people? Using interviews with theatre workers, rehearsal observations and workshops with young people, this book argues that, rather than promoting a range of pre-determined textual understandings of the plays, it is by trusting young people's experience of performances that they might gain most benefit. It argues that by privileging the meanings young people make of Shakespeare, new and exciting interpretations of his work might be found. Drawing on case studies from theatre companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, Tiny Ninja Theatre Company and Company of Angels Theatre Company, Jan Wozniak shows how the collaboration and materiality of performance is central to empowering young people to engage with, enjoy and challenge Shakespeare."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Also issued in print.
• English