{"product_id":"early-modern-liveness","title":"Early Modern Liveness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for early modern theatre to be ‘live’? How have audiences over time experienced a sense of ‘liveness’? This collection extends discussions of liveness to works from the 16th and 17th centuries, both in their initial incarnations and contemporary adaptations. Drawing on theatre and performance studies, as well as media theory, this volume uses the concept of liveness to consider how early modern theatre – including non-Western and non-traditional performance – employs embodiment, materiality, temporality and perception to impress on its audience a sensation of presence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The volume’s contributors adopt varying approaches and cover a range of topics from material and textual studies, to early modern rehearsal methods, to digital and VR theatre, to the legacy of Shakespearean performance in global theatrical repertoires. This collection uses both early modern and contemporary performance practices to challenge our understanding of live performance. Productions and adaptions discussed include the Royal Shakespeare Company’s \u003ci\u003eDream \u003c\/i\u003e(2021)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eCREW’s \u003ci\u003eHands on Hamlet \u003c\/i\u003e(2017)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Kit Monkman’s \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), Arslanköy Theatre Company’s \u003ci\u003eKraliçe Lear\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and a season of productions by the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Liveness \u003c\/i\u003elooks beyond theatrical events as primary sites of interpretive authority and examines the intimate and ephemeral experience of encountering early modern theatre in its diverse manifestations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54223133770072,"sku":"9781350318472","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350318472.jpg?v=1770875134","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/early-modern-liveness","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}