Shakespeare's Globe: A Theatrical Experiment

by Edited by Christie Carson , Farah Karim-Cooper

• ISBN13: 9780521701662
• ISBN10: 052170166X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

From 1997 Shakespeare's Globe flourished once more on London's South Bank after an absence of 400 years. The playhouse is now a major attraction for theatregoers, scholars, tourists, teachers and students of all ages who come to experience Shakespeare's plays and those of his contemporaries performed in their original conditions. The team of artists and education specialists who made this happen come together here to reflect on their 10-year experiment. Principal actors, designers, musicians and Globe Education staff engage with international scholars in a lively debate about the impact of this extraordinary building. Featuring an in-depth interview with former Artistic Director Mark Rylance and a contribution from Patrick Spottiswoode, Founder and Director of Globe Education, the book highlights the complex relationship between designer, composer, actor and audience which gives energy to this thriving Shakespearean center.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. viii
List of colour plates	p. x
Notes on the editors	p. xi
Notes on contributors	p. xii
Foreword	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
The 'essence of Globeness': authenticity, and the search for Shakespeare's stagecraft	p. 13
The 'Original Practices' Project	p. 27
Introduction	p. 29
Stage action	p. 35
'Practising behaviour to his own shadow'	p. 37
'Original practices' at the Globe: a theatre historian's view	p. 45
Stage appearance	p. 55
Exploring early modern stage and costume design	p. 57
Cosmetics on the Globe stage	p. 66
Music and sound	p. 77
Music and aural texture at Shakespeare's Globe	p. 79
Music, authenticity and audience	p. 90
Actor/audience interaction	p. 101
Research, materials, craft: principles of performance at Shakespeare's Globe	p. 103
Democratising the audience?	p. 115
Globe Education and Research	p. 127
Introduction	p. 129
Contextualising Globe Education	p. 134
'That scull had a tongue in it, and could sing once': staging Shakespeare's contemporaries	p. 147
Learning with the Globe	p. 155
Research and the Globe	p. 166
Research in Practice: Practice in Research	p. 175
Introduction	p. 177
Performing early music at Shakespeare's Globe	p. 183
Discoveries from the Globe stage	p. 194
Directing at the Globe and the Blackfriars: six big rules for contemporary directors	p. 211
Conclusions	p. 226
Afterword	p. 230
Globe Theatre and 'Essence of Globeness' projects since 1970	p. 234
A draft Artistic Policy - 1988	p. 236
Ten Commandments for the new Globe by Alan C. Dessen, 1990	p. 237
Shakespeare's Globe productions 1996-2007	p. 239
'Read Not Dead' staged readings	p. 243
Globe Quartos	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 254
Index	p. 260
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