• The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, and Twelfth Night (review)

    Author(s):
    HC Admin
    Date:
    2013
    Subject(s):
    English drama, Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Theater
    Item Type:
    Review
    Tag(s):
    Othello, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2jvr-rk39
    Abstract:
    The Shakespeare Project of Chicago specializes in producing semi-staged early modern readings, organizing an interpretation of a text around the use of playtext prompters. It is an intentionally stripped-down process: they rehearse a production for three days before a single weekend of performances at four Chicagoland libraries. The spaces are routine, but because of the tight schedule the players don’t actually get a chance to rehearse in them. This means the company is typically unable to test blocking choices or experiment with the presentational options the architecture of a space might provide. This mode of production presents a unique challenge to each performance: how to adapt the use of plain black playtext prompters—often the only prop available—in these four bare and relatively untested spaces.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1353/shb.2013.0020
    Publisher:
    Project Muse
    Pub. Date:
    2013-6-9
    Journal:
    Shakespeare Bulletin
    Volume:
    31
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    286 - 292
    ISSN:
    1931-1427
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 months ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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