Not Shakespeare
Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century
Seiten
2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-03152-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-03152-3 (ISBN)
This study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques explores the paradox that plays which are manifestly 'not Shakespeare' purport to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. The book brings together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, close readings of burlesque scripts and an awareness of theatrical, literary and cultural contexts.
Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of 'legitimate' Shakespearean culture by a seemingly 'illegitimate' popular culture. This was true most of all in the nineteenth century. From Hamlet Travestie (1810) to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891), Shakespeare burlesques were a vibrant, yet controversial form of popular performance: vibrant because of their exuberant humour; controversial because they imperilled Shakespeare's iconic status. Richard Schoch, in this study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques, explores the paradox that plays which are manifestly 'not Shakespeare' purport to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. Bringing together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, close readings of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary and cultural contexts, Schoch changes the way we think about Shakespeare's theatrical legacy and nineteenth-century popular culture. His lively and wide-ranging book will appeal to scholars and students of Shakespeare in performance, theatre history and Victorian studies.
Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of 'legitimate' Shakespearean culture by a seemingly 'illegitimate' popular culture. This was true most of all in the nineteenth century. From Hamlet Travestie (1810) to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891), Shakespeare burlesques were a vibrant, yet controversial form of popular performance: vibrant because of their exuberant humour; controversial because they imperilled Shakespeare's iconic status. Richard Schoch, in this study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques, explores the paradox that plays which are manifestly 'not Shakespeare' purport to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. Bringing together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, close readings of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary and cultural contexts, Schoch changes the way we think about Shakespeare's theatrical legacy and nineteenth-century popular culture. His lively and wide-ranging book will appeal to scholars and students of Shakespeare in performance, theatre history and Victorian studies.
Richard W. Schoch is Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on texts; Introduction: 'New Readings for Unconventional Tragedians'; 1. 'Vile beyond endurance' : the language of burlesque; 2. Shakespeare's surrogates; 3. Shakespeare in Bohemia; 4. Politics 'burlesquified'; Bibliography; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.2006 |
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Zusatzinfo | 24 Halftones, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 233 mm |
Gewicht | 325 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-03152-4 / 0521031524 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-03152-3 / 9780521031523 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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