Shakespearean Futures: Casting the Bodies of Tomorrow on Shakespeare's Stages Today

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shakespearean Futures: Casting the Bodies of Tomorrow on Shakespeare's Stages Today
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Amy Cook
SeriesElements in Shakespeare Performance
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 175,Width 125
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781108749558
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 November 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Casting is the process by which directors assign parts to actors, creating the idea of the character for the audience. Casting is how we rehearse change, as we come to see an expanded repertoire of the kinds of bodies that are selected to play the lead, the hero, and the villain. This Element focuses on the casting in productions of Shakespeare from 2017-2020 to demonstrate how casting functions affectively and cognitively to reimagine who can be what. The central argument is that directors are using casting as the central mode of meaning-making in productions of Shakespeare.