Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet

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Katherine Steele Brokaw (University of California, Merced) Elizabeth Freestone (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham)

Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet

Katherine Steele Brokaw (University of California, Merced), Elizabeth Freestone (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham)

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Cambridge University Press
24 July 2025

Theatre Studies; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Shakespeare studies & criticism; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming

Series: Elements in Shakespeare Performance

Given the many environmental crises facing the planet, we need to use all tools to address them, including Shakespearean theatre. This Element explains why Shakespeare is well-positioned to be an eco-playwright, how theatre-makers can adapt his plays to matter now, and how to make more ecological the many processes of Shakespearean theatre, from set design to performing outdoors. The co-authors are both directors, and conversations between them about their recent eco-productions of The Tempest for the Royal Shakespeare Company and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare in Yosemite (California) give clear examples of both the why and how of eco-theatrical Shakespeare.

By: Katherine Steele Brokaw (University of California Merced), Elizabeth Freestone (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 124g
ISBN: 9781009569590
ISBN 10: 1009569597
Series: Elements in Shakespeare Performance
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 24 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Discovering Shakespearean Eco-Theatre; 1. Why Eco-Shakespeare?; 2. Eco-Themes, or How to Select and Adapt Shakespearean Texts for Eco-Performance; 3. Eco-Practices, or, How to Make Shakespeare Plays that Don't Cost the Earth; Epilogue: Green Teaching; Appendix A: Selected Eco-Shakespearean Companies and Organizations; Appendix B: Selected Eco-Shakespearean Productions and Films; References.