Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance & Festivity in the Olympic Year (The Arden Shakespeare) by ed Prescott & Sullivan
Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance & Festivity in the Olympic Year (The Arden Shakespeare) by ed Prescott & Sullivan
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Author(s): ed Prescott & Sullivan
Pub: The Arden Shakespeare
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ISBN: 9781472520326 - New
Subjects: Literature & Fiction, History & Criticism, Movements & Periods, Genres & Styles, Specialty Boutique, New, Used & Rental
182mm x 126mm x 20mm
Publication: 26 March 2015Pages: 376
Long held as Britain's 'national poet', Shakespeare's role in the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad confirmed his status as a global icon in the modern world. From his prominent positioning in the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies, to his major presence in the cultural programme surrounding the Games, including the Royal Shakespeare Company's World Shakespeare Festival and the Globe's Globe to Globe Festival, Shakespeare played a major role in the way the UK presented itself to its citizens and to the world.
This collection explores the cultural forces at play in the construction, use and reception of Shakespeare during the 2012 Olympic Moment, considering what his presence says about culture, politics and identity in twenty-first century British and global life.
