Shakespeare and the 'Live' Theatre Broadcast Experience (Paperback)

Illustrations viii List of Contributors ix Acknowledgements x Note on the text xi List of Abbreviations xii Introduction 1 Pascale Aebischer and Susanne Greenhalgh Part One: Wide Angle 1 The Remains of the Stage: Revivifying Shakespearean Theatre on Screen, 1964-2016 19 Susanne Greenhalgh 2 Shakespeare's New Marketplace: the Places of Event Cinema 41 Susan Bennett 3 The Audience is Present: Aliveness, Social Media, and the Theatre Broadcast Experience 59 Erin Sullivan, University of Birmingham, UK 4 Understanding New Encounters with Shakespeare: Hybrid Media and Emerging Audience Behaviours 77 Rachael Nicholas Part Two: In the Theatre 5 A View from the Stage: Interviews with Performers 95 Beth Sharrock 6 A View from the Stalls: The Audience's Experience in the Theatre During the RSC Live from Stratford-upon- Avon Broadcasts 103 Julie Raby Part Three: Close-Ups 7 South Bank Shakespeare Goes Global: Broadcasting from Shakespeare's Globe and the National Theatre 113 Pascale Aebischer 8 The Stratford Festival of Canada: Mental Tricks and Archival Documents in the Age of NTLive 133 Margaret Jane Kidnie 9 Talawa and Black Theatre Live: 'Creating the Ira Aldridges That Are Remembered' - Live Theatre Broadcast and the Historical Record 147 Jami Rogers 10 Cheek by Jowl: Reframing Complicity in Web-Streams of Measure for Measure 161 Peter Kirwan Part Four: Reaction Shots 11 The Curious Incident of Shakespeare Fans in NTLive: Public Screenings and Fan Culture in Japan 177 Kitamura Sae 12 Shakespeare and the Theatre Broadcast Experience: A View from Hong Kong 185 Michael Ingham 13 Very Like a Film: Hamlet Live in Bologna 193 Keir Elam 14 Shakespeare at a Theatre Near You: Student Engagement in Northeast Ohio 199 Ann M. Martinez 15 Shakespeare from the House of Moliere: The Comedie-Francaise/Pathe Live Romeo et Juliette (2016) 207 Pascale Aebischer Epilogue: Revisiting Liveness 215 Laurie E. Osborne Appendix: Digital Theatre Broadcasts of Shakespeare, 2003-17 227 Rachael Nicholas Index 243