Description: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume : Period Dress in Twenty-first-century Performance, Paperback by Hawkins, Ella, ISBN 1350234451, ISBN-13 9781350234451, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume : Period Dress in Twenty-first
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume : 'period Dress' in Twenty-First-Century Performance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Fashion & Accessories, Shakespeare
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Design, Drama
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Ella Hawkins
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
