O Brave new world: two centuries of Shakespeare on the Australian stage/ edited by John Golder and

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Unique IDLIB-00016583Alternative titleO Brave new world: two centuries of Shakespeare on the Australian stage/ edited by John Golder and Richard MadelaineDate1st January 2001Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionDescription: This groundbreaking cultural history of Shakespearean production in Australia gives an overview of Shakespeare's role in the cultural evolution of Australia. From early, improvised performances to the Bell Shakespeare Company today, the book traces the ties of audiences and practitioners with Britain.

Introduction. 'To dote on such luggage': appropriating Shakespeare in Australia/ John Golder and Richard Madelaine

Ch.1. High culture and low culture: the changing role of Shakespeare, 1933-2000/ Richard Waterhouse

Ch.2. Shakespeare in Australia: the early years, c.1830-50/ Elizabeth Webby

Ch.3. 'Sir, I am a tragedian': the male superstars of the Melbourne stage, 1850-70/ Harold Love

Ch.4. From leading lady to female star: women and Shakespeare, 1855-88/ Janette Gordon-Clark

Ch.5. 'This Isle is full of noises': American players of Shakespeare in Australia, 1879-89/ Douglas McDermott

Ch.6. Substantial pageant: Oscar Asche, latter-day pictorialism and Australian audiences, 1909-24/ Richard Madelaine

Ch.7. A cultural missionary on tour: Allan Wilkie's Shakespearean Company, 1920-30/ John Golder.

Ch.8. Shakespeare in Adelaide: professionals and progressive amateurs/ Alan Brissenden

Ch.9. Dinkum Shakespeare? Perth, empire and the bard/ Bill Dunstone

Ch.10. Experiments in Shakespeare. I. Rex Cramphorn and 'Measure for Measure', 1973-88/ March Minchinton; II. The DSI Elizabethan experiments, 1986-93/ John Senczuk

Ch.12. Shakespeare in Queensland: a cultural-economic approach/ Richard Fotheringham

Ch.13. John Bell and a post-colonial Australian Shakespeare, 1963-2000/ Adrian Kiernander

Australian Shakespeare premieres, and other curiosities: a chronology/ John Golder and Richard Madelaine

Public Note: Includes indexLanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherCurrency PressPlace of publicationSydney
New South Wales
Australia

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FormatPublication - Book

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Number of pages306

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Dimensions (free text)23 cm

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Subject tagsTheatreHistory

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 792.95 BRAVISBN/ISSN0868196134Source system IDR0000299661Alternative ID30002011716644

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O Brave new world: two centuries of Shakespeare on the Australian stage/ edited by John Golder and