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Popular Shakespeare

Simulation and Subversion on the Modern Stage

Palgrave Macmillan

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies (PASHST)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Ambiguous Applause

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
    2. Popular Shakespeares

      • Stephen Purcell
      Pages 4-26
  3. Stand-up Shakespeare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-29
  4. Jeffrey Archer: The One that Got Away

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 56-59
  5. A Bit Sexist

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-94
  6. Blasphemy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-141
  7. Alternative Endings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 172-173
  8. ‘It’s the famous bit!’: Fragments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 206-210
    2. Shakespearean ‘Samples’

      • Stephen Purcell
      Pages 211-221
  9. Rough Magic

    1. Rough Magic

      • Stephen Purcell
      Pages 222-224
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 225-262

About this book

In recent years, the 'Popular Shakespeare' phenomenon has become ever more pervasive: in fringe productions, mainstream theatre, or the mass media, Shakespeare is increasingly constructed as an authentic part of popular culture. A vivid account of Shakespeare in performance since the 1990s, this book examines what 'Shakespeare' means to us today.

Reviews

There is much to recommend in Popular Shakespeare . It is full of well-told and genuinely amusing examples of productions.' - Jerome Monahan, Around the Globe , magazine of Shakespeare's Globe

About the author

Stephen Purcell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Warwick, UK. He directs for the theatre company The Pantaloons.

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eBook USD 39.99
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