Shakespeare In Elizabethan Costume
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Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume
Author | : Ella Hawkins |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2022-05-19 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781350234437 |
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The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, have doublets, hose, ruffs and farthingales featured in many Shakespeare productions staged since the turn of the 21st century? This book scrutinizes the popular practice of costuming Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan and Jacobean dress. It considers why this approach to design appeals to contemporary directors, designers and audiences, and how it has shaped the meaning of Shakespeare's works in specific performance contexts. Informed by original interviews with several prominent theatre practitioners, including Emma Rice, Gregory Doran, Jenny Tiramani, Simon Godwin, Stephen Brimson Lewis and Tom Piper, Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume explores how various 21st-century Shakespeare productions have drawn on myths and desires associated with early modern clothing. Its discussions range from the practicalities of historical reconstruction to the appeal of early modern sartorial culture as an embodiment of wonder, spectacle and the supernatural. Productions discussed include Shakespeare's Globe's production of Henry V (1997), the National Theatre's Twelfth Night (2017) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Tempest (2016). Ella Hawkins examines the minutiae of modern design -- how seams are sewn, whence fabrics are sourced -- as well as the widespread cultural movements that have produced our modern relationship with the period of Shakespeare's lifetime. This is the first book to explore fully the significance of Elizabethan-inspired design in contemporary Shakespearean performance. Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume reframes so-called 'period' costuming as a dynamic collection of practices capable of refashioning textual meanings, reflecting present-day political and societal shifts and confronting contemporary injustices.
Shakespeare and Costume
Author | : Patricia Lennox,Bella Mirabella |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2015-02-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781472532459 |
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Inspired by new approaches in performance studies, theatre history, research in material culture and dress history, a rich discussion of the many aspects of costume in Shakespearean performance has begun. Shakespeare and Costume furthers this research, bringing together varied and stimulating essays by leading scholars that consider costume from literary, dramatic, design, performative and theatrical perspectives, as well as interviews with renowned theatre practitioners Jane Greenwood and Robert Morgan. The volume amply demonstrates how an analysis of the meaning of costume enriches our understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Beginning with an overview of the stage history of Shakespeare and costume, the volume looks at the historical context of clothing in the plays, considering topics such as royal self-fashioning, festive livery practices, and conceptions of race and gender exhibited in clothing choice, as well as costume in performance. Drawing on documentary evidence in designers' renderings, illustrations in periodicals, paintings, photographs, newspaper reviews and actors' memoirs, the volume also explores costume designs in specific Shakespeare productions from the re-opening of the London theatres in 1660 to the present day.
Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Theatres
Author | : Jean MacIntyre |
Publsiher | : University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0888642261 |
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The scripts of the Admiral's Men (later Prince Henry's Men), the Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) boy actors and Worcester's/Queen Anne's Men are examined in detail to document the differing costume practices of these companies, especially the ways in which in their earlier days they reconciled visual splendor with the greatest possible economy.
Shakespeare and Costume
Author | : Cumberland Clark |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Costume |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105040596939 |
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Costuming the Shakespearean Stage
Author | : Robert I. Lublin |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-05-13 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781317159018 |
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Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama, until now, no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and, more importantly, how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary audiences. Robert Lublin's new study considers royal proclamations, religious writings, paintings, woodcuts, plays, historical accounts, sermons, and legal documents to investigate what Shakespearean actors actually wore in production and what cultural information those costumes conveyed. Four of the chapters of Costuming the Shakespearean Stage address 'categories of seeing': visually based semiotic systems according to which costumes constructed and conveyed information on the early modern stage. The four categories include gender, social station, nationality, and religion. The fifth chapter examines one play, Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess, to show how costumes signified across the categories of seeing to establish a play's distinctive semiotics and visual aesthetic.
Shakespeare and Stage Costume
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Costume |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105036455157 |
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English Dress in the Age of Shakespeare
Author | : Virginia A. LaMar |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Clothing and dress |
ISBN | : PSU:000028103134 |
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Shakespeare s Theatre
Author | : Hugh Macrae Richmond |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0826477763 |
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Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>