{"product_id":"9781350352681","title":"Shakespeare in the Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company","description":"Author: Payne, Deborah C.; Lichtenberg, Drew\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350352681\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-authored by the resident dramaturg at Shakespeare Theatre Company and a long-time scholarly consultant, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echronicles how a small repertory troupe at the Folger Theatre on Capitol Hill became an internationally renowned company performing in a lavish, multi-venue performing arts centre in downtown Washington, D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The artistic vision and business acumen of Michael Kahn, the founding Artistic Director, largely catalyzed this transformation, but so too did the forces of neoliberalism and, more recently, globalization and new media. Accordingly, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in the Theatre- Shakespeare Theatre Company \u003c\/i\u003enot only examines directorial decision-making but also 3 decades of social and economic change in the nation's capital, from the complexities of gentrification to the arts policies of successive administrations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to discussions of directorial practice, this book examines the ambivalence of American theatre artists toward their British cultural inheritance. Analyses of representative productions and interviews with Kahn and his British successor, Simon Godwin, illuminate this complex relationship- one that aspires to a cosmopolitan Anglophilia while positioning classically trained American actors as worthy rivals to their counterparts at the RSC and the National Theatre of Great Britain.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643217432734,"sku":"UBD-9781350352681","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350352681.jpg?v=1774484341","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350352681","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}