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John Bell, Shakespeare and the quest for a new Australian theatre /

This book about the work of actor director John Bell is essential reading for anyone interested in Australian theatre and in Shakespearean performance. Adrian Kiernander lucidly explains how, for over five decades, Bell has revived and reinvented theatre in Australia with his interpretations of radi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kiernander, Adrian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2015.
Colección:Australian playwrights ; Volume 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a John Bell, Shakespeare and the Quest for a New Australian Theatre; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on References; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: A National Theatre; The Guthrie Report; What constitutes an Australian national theatre?; Nationhood and gender; National belonging; The Sydney University Players; Bell at the (new) Old Tote; Henry in a tent; Chapter Two: Acting Against Tradition; Old Tote, new Nimrod; Not just a matinee idol: Arturo Ui; Exploring Australian Shakespeare: Petruchio and Hamlet; Nimrod expanding. 
505 8 |a Richard III and the DismissalTwo great roles and an Australian ''Theatre of Panache''; Volpone at the Nimrod; Playing on regardless; Intermission; The Bell Shakespeare Company; Irreverent Shakespeares; Settling in and branching out; Chapter Three: Directing New Australian Plays; Australian history and The Legend of King O'Malley; An Australian venue: Nimrod and Biggles; Two new Australian playwrights: Ron Blair and David Williamson; Reclaiming the past: Peter Kenna; A bigger theatre for Australian plays; Contentious realisms: Jim McNeil; Sexuality and celibacy: Mates and Brothers. 
505 8 |a Playing away and at home: Nowra's Inner Voices and Williamson's The Club and Travelling NorthThe Sydney Opera House and The Venetian Twins; Staging the history of Australia; Chapter Four: Entrepreneur and Teacher; Australian venues, companies, styles and identities; The decline of the Nimrod; A new start; Chapter Five: Australian Shakespeares; Local Shakespeare; Ritual and supernatural Shakespeare; Carnivalesque Shakespeare; Merry and tragical: inverting genres; Kingdoms and republics: the Henriad and the referendum; Epilogue; Australian Shakespeare in the new millennium. 
505 8 |a Appendix: Table of ProductionsBibliography; Index. 
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