Shakespeare's tercentenary : staging nations and performing identities in 1916 / Monika Smialkowska, Northumbria University.

Author/creator Smialkowska, Monika author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Descriptionix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history. --1800-1950.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history. --Europe.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history. --United States.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Anniversaries, etc.
World War, 1914-1918--Theater and the war.
Theater--Europe. --History. --20th century.
Theater--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents 'Unser Shakespeare'? The tercentenary and Germany -- 'Our English Shakespeare'? The tercentenary and Britain -- Shakespeare among the allies -- 'Not primarily patriotic'? The tercentenary and American national identity -- Voices from the margins : the tercentenary and American racial and ethnic minorities -- Conclusion : lest we forget.
Abstract "The 1916 global commemorations of the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death responded to imperial and national identity crises during the First World War. This study juxtaposes patriotic uses of Shakespeare with decentralising, racially and socially empowering voices, illuminating Shakespeare's legacies in modern politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version : Smialkowska, Monika, 1970- Shakespeare's tercentenary Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 9781009280839
LCCN 2023020696
ISBN9781009280877
ISBN1009280872
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