Shakespeare's Globe : a theatrical experiment / edited by Christie Carson and Farah Karim-Cooper.
Carson, Christie.; Karim-Cooper, Farah.
2008
PR3106 .S53 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Shakespeare's Globe : a theatrical experiment / edited by Christie Carson and Farah Karim-Cooper.
ISBN 9780521877787
0521877784
9780521701662 (pbk.)
052170166X (pbk.)
Imprint Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Language English
Description xxii, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Call Number PR3106 .S53 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 792.9/5
Summary "From 1997 Shakespeare's Globe flourished once more on London's South Bank after an absence of four hundred years. The playhouse is now a major attraction for theater goers, scholars, tourists, teachers and students of all ages, who come to experShakespeare'seare's plays and those of his contemporaries performed in their original conditions. The team of artists and education specialists who made this happen come together here to reflect on their ten-year experiment. Principal actors, designers, musicians and Globe education staff engage with international scholars in a lively debate about the impact of this extraordinary building. Featuring an in-depth interview with former Artistic Director Mark Rylance and a contribution from Patrick Spottiswoode, Founder and Director of Globe Education, the book highlights the complex relationship between designer, composer, actor and audience that give energy to this thrShakespearianperian centre." - p. i.
Note "From 1997 Shakespeare's Globe flourished once more on London's South Bank after an absence of four hundred years. The playhouse is now a major attraction for theater goers, scholars, tourists, teachers and students of all ages, who come to experShakespeare'seare's plays and those of his contemporaries performed in their original conditions. The team of artists and education specialists who made this happen come together here to reflect on their ten-year experiment. Principal actors, designers, musicians and Globe education staff engage with international scholars in a lively debate about the impact of this extraordinary building. Featuring an in-depth interview with former Artistic Director Mark Rylance and a contribution from Patrick Spottiswoode, Founder and Director of Globe Education, the book highlights the complex relationship between designer, composer, actor and audience that give energy to this thrShakespearianperian centre." - p. i.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-259) and index.
Added Author Carson, Christie.
Karim-Cooper, Farah.
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Introduction
The 'essence of Globeness' : authenticity, and the search for Shakespeare's stagecraft
Part I : the 'original practices' project
Introduction
Stage action : 'Practising behavior to his own shadow' ; 'Original practices' at the Globe : a theatre historian's view
Stage appearance : exploring early modern stage and costume design ; Cosmetics on the Globe stage
Music and sound : music and aural texture at Shakespeare's Globe ; Music, authenticity and audience
Actor/audience interaction : research, materials, craft : principles of performance at Shakespeare's Globe
Democratising the audience?
Part II : Globe education and research
Introduction
Contextualising Globe education
'That scull had a tongue in it, and could sing once' : staging Shakespeare's contemporaries
Learning with the Globe
Research and the Globe
Part III : research in practice : practice in research
Introduction
Performing early music at Shakespeare's Globe
Discoveries from the Globe stage
Directing at the Globe and the Blackfriars : six big rules for contemporary directors
Conclusions
Afterword
Appendix 1 : Globe theatre and 'essence of Globeness' projects since 1970
Appendix 2 : A draft artistic policy : 1988
Appendix 3 : ten commandments for the new Globe, 1990
Appendix 4 : Shakespeare's Globe productions 1996-2007
Appendix 5 : 'read not dead' staged readings
Appendix 6 : Globe Quartos.

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