British Black and Asian Shakespeareans
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British Black and Asian Shakespeareans
Integrating Shakespeare, 1966-2018
Rogers, Dr Jami
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
04/2022
256
Mole
Inglês
9781350114883
15 a 20 dias
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Note on interviews
Abbreviations
List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Forgotten Shakespeareans, 1825-1965
Shakespearean pioneers, 1866-1947
Shakespearean pioneers, 1950-1965
Chapter One: "Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist": breakthroughs and stereotypes, 1966-1972
Royal Court - Macbeth - 1966
Mermaid Theatre - The Tempest - 1970
The Black Macbeth - Roundhouse Theatre, London - 1972
"Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist"
Chapter Two: "Why weren't we auditioned?": the "black canon" and the battle for Othello
"Why weren't we auditioned?"
Reclaiming Othello
Chapter Three: From "suitable roles" to leads, 1980-1987
"Black roles" at the RSC
Macbeth - Young Vic, 1984
Leading roles, 1984
Rosaline - RSC, 1984
"Othello was an Arab" - RSC, 1985
Emergence of a new "black canon"
RSC 1986
"They're nurturing you"
Antony - Contact Theatre, 1987
Isabella - RSC, 1987
Julius Caesar - Bristol Old Vic, 1987
Chapter Four: Owning Shakespeare - Temba, Talawa and Tara Arts, 1988-1994
Romeo and Juliet - Temba, 1988
Antony and Cleopatra - Talawa, 1991
Troilus and Cressida - Tara Arts, 1993
King Lear - Talawa, 1994
Chapter Five: Cracking the glass ceiling, 1988-1996
"You can't have a West Indian actor playing a Welsh poet ..."
Troilus
... But West Indian opera singers can speak the verse?
Young lovers
Rosalind.
Portia.
The Shakespearean glass ceiling, 1988-1996.
"Are we saying we're white people?".
"That wouldn't have happened here".
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1993-1996.
Chapter Six: "Monarchs to Behold": 1997-2003.
"I belong here".
Othello, National Theatre, 1997.
Women of colour: pushing against the glass ceiling, 1998-1999.
RSC, 1999.
Troilus and Cressida, National Theatre, 1999
Identity and colour-blind casting
Adrian Lester, Hamlet, 2000
David Oyelowo, Henry VI, 2000
Mu-Lan Romeo and Juliet, 2001
Adrian Lester, Henry V, 2003
The peak of progress?
Chapter Seven: Progress Postponed, 2004-2011.
"There's a few more parts we could play, you know".
Tragic heroes and the Shakespearean glass ceiling, 2004-2011.
Cross-cultural casting.
"I think I need you to do an accent".
Maids and prostitutes, stereotyping Lucetta and Bianca.
A new dawn.
Chapter Eight: Shakespeare from Multiculturalism to Brexit, 2012-2018.
Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, 2012.
Othello.
Joseph Marcell - King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, 2013.
Shakespeare's histories, 2013-2015.
Paapa Essiedu - Hamlet, RSC, 2016.
"It was a lack of faith".
Black Theatre Live's Hamlet and Talawa's King Lear, 2016.
Alfred Enoch - Edgar, King Lear, Talawa, 2016.
Women of colour in Shakespeare, 2016-2018.
Josette Simon - Cleopatra, RSC, 2017
"They never asked me"
Sheila Atim - Emilia, Othello, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Troilus and Cressida - RSC, 2018.
Coda - 2019...and beyond?
References
Index
Abbreviations
List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Forgotten Shakespeareans, 1825-1965
Shakespearean pioneers, 1866-1947
Shakespearean pioneers, 1950-1965
Chapter One: "Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist": breakthroughs and stereotypes, 1966-1972
Royal Court - Macbeth - 1966
Mermaid Theatre - The Tempest - 1970
The Black Macbeth - Roundhouse Theatre, London - 1972
"Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist"
Chapter Two: "Why weren't we auditioned?": the "black canon" and the battle for Othello
"Why weren't we auditioned?"
Reclaiming Othello
Chapter Three: From "suitable roles" to leads, 1980-1987
"Black roles" at the RSC
Macbeth - Young Vic, 1984
Leading roles, 1984
Rosaline - RSC, 1984
"Othello was an Arab" - RSC, 1985
Emergence of a new "black canon"
RSC 1986
"They're nurturing you"
Antony - Contact Theatre, 1987
Isabella - RSC, 1987
Julius Caesar - Bristol Old Vic, 1987
Chapter Four: Owning Shakespeare - Temba, Talawa and Tara Arts, 1988-1994
Romeo and Juliet - Temba, 1988
Antony and Cleopatra - Talawa, 1991
Troilus and Cressida - Tara Arts, 1993
King Lear - Talawa, 1994
Chapter Five: Cracking the glass ceiling, 1988-1996
"You can't have a West Indian actor playing a Welsh poet ..."
Troilus
... But West Indian opera singers can speak the verse?
Young lovers
Rosalind.
Portia.
The Shakespearean glass ceiling, 1988-1996.
"Are we saying we're white people?".
"That wouldn't have happened here".
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1993-1996.
Chapter Six: "Monarchs to Behold": 1997-2003.
"I belong here".
Othello, National Theatre, 1997.
Women of colour: pushing against the glass ceiling, 1998-1999.
RSC, 1999.
Troilus and Cressida, National Theatre, 1999
Identity and colour-blind casting
Adrian Lester, Hamlet, 2000
David Oyelowo, Henry VI, 2000
Mu-Lan Romeo and Juliet, 2001
Adrian Lester, Henry V, 2003
The peak of progress?
Chapter Seven: Progress Postponed, 2004-2011.
"There's a few more parts we could play, you know".
Tragic heroes and the Shakespearean glass ceiling, 2004-2011.
Cross-cultural casting.
"I think I need you to do an accent".
Maids and prostitutes, stereotyping Lucetta and Bianca.
A new dawn.
Chapter Eight: Shakespeare from Multiculturalism to Brexit, 2012-2018.
Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, 2012.
Othello.
Joseph Marcell - King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, 2013.
Shakespeare's histories, 2013-2015.
Paapa Essiedu - Hamlet, RSC, 2016.
"It was a lack of faith".
Black Theatre Live's Hamlet and Talawa's King Lear, 2016.
Alfred Enoch - Edgar, King Lear, Talawa, 2016.
Women of colour in Shakespeare, 2016-2018.
Josette Simon - Cleopatra, RSC, 2017
"They never asked me"
Sheila Atim - Emilia, Othello, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Troilus and Cressida - RSC, 2018.
Coda - 2019...and beyond?
References
Index
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Black performers; Asian performers; actors; Shakespeare; performance history; Royal Shakespeare Company; race theory; Adrian Lester; Joseph Marcell; Ray Fearon; Paterson Joseph; Lolita Chakrabharti; Josette Simon; Henry V; Macbeth; Measure for Measure
Note on interviews
Abbreviations
List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Forgotten Shakespeareans, 1825-1965
Shakespearean pioneers, 1866-1947
Shakespearean pioneers, 1950-1965
Chapter One: "Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist": breakthroughs and stereotypes, 1966-1972
Royal Court - Macbeth - 1966
Mermaid Theatre - The Tempest - 1970
The Black Macbeth - Roundhouse Theatre, London - 1972
"Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist"
Chapter Two: "Why weren't we auditioned?": the "black canon" and the battle for Othello
"Why weren't we auditioned?"
Reclaiming Othello
Chapter Three: From "suitable roles" to leads, 1980-1987
"Black roles" at the RSC
Macbeth - Young Vic, 1984
Leading roles, 1984
Rosaline - RSC, 1984
"Othello was an Arab" - RSC, 1985
Emergence of a new "black canon"
RSC 1986
"They're nurturing you"
Antony - Contact Theatre, 1987
Isabella - RSC, 1987
Julius Caesar - Bristol Old Vic, 1987
Chapter Four: Owning Shakespeare - Temba, Talawa and Tara Arts, 1988-1994
Romeo and Juliet - Temba, 1988
Antony and Cleopatra - Talawa, 1991
Troilus and Cressida - Tara Arts, 1993
King Lear - Talawa, 1994
Chapter Five: Cracking the glass ceiling, 1988-1996
"You can't have a West Indian actor playing a Welsh poet ..."
Troilus
... But West Indian opera singers can speak the verse?
Young lovers
Rosalind.
Portia.
The Shakespearean glass ceiling, 1988-1996.
"Are we saying we're white people?".
"That wouldn't have happened here".
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1993-1996.
Chapter Six: "Monarchs to Behold": 1997-2003.
"I belong here".
Othello, National Theatre, 1997.
Women of colour: pushing against the glass ceiling, 1998-1999.
RSC, 1999.
Troilus and Cressida, National Theatre, 1999
Identity and colour-blind casting
Adrian Lester, Hamlet, 2000
David Oyelowo, Henry VI, 2000
Mu-Lan Romeo and Juliet, 2001
Adrian Lester, Henry V, 2003
The peak of progress?
Chapter Seven: Progress Postponed, 2004-2011.
"There's a few more parts we could play, you know".
Tragic heroes and the Shakespearean glass ceiling, 2004-2011.
Cross-cultural casting.
"I think I need you to do an accent".
Maids and prostitutes, stereotyping Lucetta and Bianca.
A new dawn.
Chapter Eight: Shakespeare from Multiculturalism to Brexit, 2012-2018.
Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, 2012.
Othello.
Joseph Marcell - King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, 2013.
Shakespeare's histories, 2013-2015.
Paapa Essiedu - Hamlet, RSC, 2016.
"It was a lack of faith".
Black Theatre Live's Hamlet and Talawa's King Lear, 2016.
Alfred Enoch - Edgar, King Lear, Talawa, 2016.
Women of colour in Shakespeare, 2016-2018.
Josette Simon - Cleopatra, RSC, 2017
"They never asked me"
Sheila Atim - Emilia, Othello, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Troilus and Cressida - RSC, 2018.
Coda - 2019...and beyond?
References
Index
Abbreviations
List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Forgotten Shakespeareans, 1825-1965
Shakespearean pioneers, 1866-1947
Shakespearean pioneers, 1950-1965
Chapter One: "Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist": breakthroughs and stereotypes, 1966-1972
Royal Court - Macbeth - 1966
Mermaid Theatre - The Tempest - 1970
The Black Macbeth - Roundhouse Theatre, London - 1972
"Difficult to justify this casting without sounding racist"
Chapter Two: "Why weren't we auditioned?": the "black canon" and the battle for Othello
"Why weren't we auditioned?"
Reclaiming Othello
Chapter Three: From "suitable roles" to leads, 1980-1987
"Black roles" at the RSC
Macbeth - Young Vic, 1984
Leading roles, 1984
Rosaline - RSC, 1984
"Othello was an Arab" - RSC, 1985
Emergence of a new "black canon"
RSC 1986
"They're nurturing you"
Antony - Contact Theatre, 1987
Isabella - RSC, 1987
Julius Caesar - Bristol Old Vic, 1987
Chapter Four: Owning Shakespeare - Temba, Talawa and Tara Arts, 1988-1994
Romeo and Juliet - Temba, 1988
Antony and Cleopatra - Talawa, 1991
Troilus and Cressida - Tara Arts, 1993
King Lear - Talawa, 1994
Chapter Five: Cracking the glass ceiling, 1988-1996
"You can't have a West Indian actor playing a Welsh poet ..."
Troilus
... But West Indian opera singers can speak the verse?
Young lovers
Rosalind.
Portia.
The Shakespearean glass ceiling, 1988-1996.
"Are we saying we're white people?".
"That wouldn't have happened here".
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1993-1996.
Chapter Six: "Monarchs to Behold": 1997-2003.
"I belong here".
Othello, National Theatre, 1997.
Women of colour: pushing against the glass ceiling, 1998-1999.
RSC, 1999.
Troilus and Cressida, National Theatre, 1999
Identity and colour-blind casting
Adrian Lester, Hamlet, 2000
David Oyelowo, Henry VI, 2000
Mu-Lan Romeo and Juliet, 2001
Adrian Lester, Henry V, 2003
The peak of progress?
Chapter Seven: Progress Postponed, 2004-2011.
"There's a few more parts we could play, you know".
Tragic heroes and the Shakespearean glass ceiling, 2004-2011.
Cross-cultural casting.
"I think I need you to do an accent".
Maids and prostitutes, stereotyping Lucetta and Bianca.
A new dawn.
Chapter Eight: Shakespeare from Multiculturalism to Brexit, 2012-2018.
Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, 2012.
Othello.
Joseph Marcell - King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe, 2013.
Shakespeare's histories, 2013-2015.
Paapa Essiedu - Hamlet, RSC, 2016.
"It was a lack of faith".
Black Theatre Live's Hamlet and Talawa's King Lear, 2016.
Alfred Enoch - Edgar, King Lear, Talawa, 2016.
Women of colour in Shakespeare, 2016-2018.
Josette Simon - Cleopatra, RSC, 2017
"They never asked me"
Sheila Atim - Emilia, Othello, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Troilus and Cressida - RSC, 2018.
Coda - 2019...and beyond?
References
Index
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