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The Shakespeare Hut: A Story of Memory, Performance and Identity, 1916-1923

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Shakespeare Hut: A Story of Memory, Performance and Identity, 1916-1923
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ailsa Grant Ferguson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781474295840
ClassificationsDewey:792.0942109041
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 8 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 27 December 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book tells the forgotten story of the Shakespeare Hut, a vast, mock-Tudor building for New Zealand Anzac soldiers visiting London on leave from the front lines. Constructed in Bloomsbury in 1916, the Hut was to be the only built memorial to mark Shakespeare's Tercentenary in the midst of war. With a purpose-built performance space, its tiny stage hosted the biggest theatrical stars of the age. The Hut is a vivid and unique case study in cultural memory and performance of Shakespeare. One extraordinary building brings together Shakespeare's place in First World War theatre, in emerging new post-colonial identities, the story of Shakespearean performance in the twentieth century and in the struggle for women's suffrage. Grant Ferguson transports you to the Hut and its lively, idiosyncratic world. From a feminist-led stage to a hub of Indian intellectual and political debate, from a Shakespeare memorial to an Anzac social club, this is the story of a building truly at a crossroads.

Author Biography

Ailsa Grant Ferguson is Principal Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the University of Brighton, UK.

Reviews

A fascinating, multi-faceted narrative of cultural changes negotiated in a unique cultural space, including new national identities arising from the old British Empire, feminism, modernism and the afterlives of Shakespeare. * Coppelia Kahn, Professor of English, Emerita, Brown University, USA *