Shakespearean Performance: Contemporary Approaches, Findings, and Practices
A special issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787). This special issue belongs to the section "Transdisciplinary Humanities".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2025) | Viewed by 7173
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Shakespearean performance continues to push boundaries, whether involving internationalities, media, or innovations of casting, setting, and various forms of adaptation. This Special Issue is open to all contemporary perspectives on the subject: theater history, personal experience in the theater, stage history, and new approaches to performing early modern plays. Examples might include new findings about original stage directions or practices; the use of performance in teaching Shakespeare; performance of Shakespeare in non-Western countries or in languages other than English; current trends in historically traditional companies (e.g., the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of As You Like It in 2023, whose cast of main characters included no one under the age of 60); other issues of casting (e.g., race, gender, disability); the role of the First Folio in directing, teaching, and acting Shakespeare; direct experience in acting or directing Shakespeare’s plays or founding an acting company; and experimentation with performance in new or familiar media. Various types of essays are also welcome, whether personal narrative, literary journalism, or traditional scholarship. The final aim of this Special Issue is to distill a panorama of current practices, new research, and creative ventures through essays of 6000 to 10,000 words.
Prof. Dr. Cynthia Lewis
Guest Editor
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