The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance and Shakespeare's Audiences
Peter Kirwan has two edited collections out in March 2021: The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance (with Kathryn Prince; Bloomsbury) and Shakespeare’s Audiences (with Matteo Pangallo, Routledge).
The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance is a state-of-the-field collection covering the methods, current research questions, and resources available for scholars working in Shakespeare Performance Studies. Featuring newly commissioned essays on a range of key areas – including practice-as-research, casting, space, diversity, technology, economics, media, reviewing, archives, audiences and much more – new interviews with practitioners, and a range of resources including an extensive annotated bibliography and resources section, the book provides an essential companion for researchers seeking to do new work.
Shakespeare's Audiences takes a broad view of how the receives of Shakespeare have shaped the performance event over four centuries. Thirteen essays explore audiences ranging from the early lawyers whose tastes shaped writers' work; the riotous audiences who tore up theatres in nineteenth-century America; the communities toured to by New York's public theatre; the active cinema audiences of Bollywood and the Indian diaspora; and the kinaesthetic experiences of audiences experiencing a revolving auditorium in Czechia. The book also covers new versions of audiences, from fan-fiction to YouTube commenters, school groups to cinema audiences, exemplifying the ever-evolving variety of encounters with Shakespeare.
Posted on Thursday 4th March 2021