Shakespeare in the Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Preface by Maureen Dowd Introduction Chapter 1. Shakespeare in Washington, D.C. Emerging American Identities The Colonial Legacy 'Shakespeare's American Temple' Theatre in Washington, D.C.: A Dream Deferred. Chapter 2. Michael Kahn Early Career and Avant-Garde Roots. Albee, Papp, & Houseman The War of 1985 The Folger Years & Clarity of the Text Tablework and Readthroughs Building the Repertory, Building the Company The Lansburgh Years Topicality & the Politics of Shakespeare Harman Hall Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Chapter 3 The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger The Advent of the Folger Theatre Group Richmond Crinkley: 1970-1973 Louis Scheeder: 1973-1981 John Neville-Andrews: 1981-1986 The War of 1985 The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger: 1986 - 1991 Enter Michael Kahn. The eighties moment The 'clarity of the text' Creating the Company Tackling the deficit; expanding the repertory Casting the Canon in 'Chocolate City' Kahn Coming Out Chapter 4. The Shakespeare Theatre, 1992-2007 Salad Days The Lansburgh: A Postmodern Horseshoe The Transformation of Penn Quarter The Explosion of D.C. Theatre Clintonomics and Public-Private Partnerships Shakespop: Shakespeare & Popular Culture in the 1990s The ReDiscovery Series & The Company's Evolving Mission Kahn's Mature Style The Queering of the Canon Race-Conscious or Photo Negative? Chapter 5. Shakespeare Theatre Company, 2007-2019 The Performing Arts in D.C.'s New Gilded Age Stratford-on-the-Potomac Sidney Harman: A 'Modern Medici' Totaltheater or Shop Window? Reps and Revisions: Shakespeare in the Harman Era The Next Generation of Directors Taking Risks: The ReDiscovery Series Redefining the Classical Repertory STC's Increasingly International Reach Chapter 6. Interview with Simon Godwin Process Lecoq & the Body Katie Mitchell & the Text Re-Gendering & Color-Consciousness STC & Washington, D.C. The Deficit & the Pandemic The Evolving Mission Peter Brook & the Function of the Theater Chapter 7. STC, 2019- What's Past is Prologue Shakespeare In a Time of Pandemic Cool Britannia 2.0 Black Lives Matter & We See You White American Theatre Canary in the Coalmine: The Future of Classical Theatre in American Cities References Index