{"product_id":"childhood-in-contemporary-performance-of-shakespeare","title":"Childhood in Contemporary Performance of Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eChild characters feature more numerously and prominently in the Shakespearean canon than in that of any other early modern playwright. Focusing on stage and film productions from the past four decades, this study addresses how Shakespeare's child characters are reflected, refracted and reinterpreted in performance. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates close reading, semiotics, childhood studies, queer theory and performance studies, Gemma Miller explores how a close analysis of Shakespeare’s child characters, both in the text and in performance, can reveal often uncomfortable truths about contemporary ideas of childhood, as well as offer fresh insights into the plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the works and productions analysed are stage productions of \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e by Sean Holmes and Thomas Ostermeier; Jamie Lloyd’s and Michael Boyd’s stage productions of \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and the films of Roman Polanski and Justin Kurzel; Deborah Warner’s stage production of \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/i\u003e and filmed adaptations by Jane Howell and Julie Taymor; and stage productions of \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e by Nicholas Hytner, and by Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford, and the ballet adaptation by Christopher Wheeldon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226288345432,"sku":"9781350133143","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350133143.jpg?v=1771916469","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/childhood-in-contemporary-performance-of-shakespeare","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}