Weathering Shakespeare: Audiences and Open-air Performance

Author
Not available
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Published
20220519
ISBN
9781350202443
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-1)

Description

From The Pastoral Players' 1884 performance of As You Like It to contemporary site-specific productions activist interventions, there is a rich history of open air performances of Shakespeare's plays beyond their early modern origins. Weathering Shakespearereveals how new insights from the environmental humanities can transform our understanding of this popular performance practice.