"An authoritative, behind-the-scenes account of the premiere classical theatre company in the U.S., setting its work against the changing social and economic landscape of Washington, D.C. Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, it chronicles 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 center. Analysis of representative productions and interviews with the founding Artistic Director, Michael Kahn and his successor, Simon Godwin, illuminate this history"--…mehr
"An authoritative, behind-the-scenes account of the premiere classical theatre company in the U.S., setting its work against the changing social and economic landscape of Washington, D.C. Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, it chronicles 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 center. Analysis of representative productions and interviews with the founding Artistic Director, Michael Kahn and his successor, Simon Godwin, illuminate this history"--
Drew Lichtenberg has been resident dramaturg at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, USA, since 2011. He has worked as a dramaturg, literary manager and translator-adaptor with the Royal National Theatre, Public Theater, Roundabout, La Mama, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Yale Rep and Baltimore Center Stage. As an educator, he has taught courses at Catholic University of America, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University and Eugene Lang College at the New School. His publications include The Piscatorbühne Century (2021). Deborah C. Payne is Professor of Literature at American University, USA. She was the Humanities Research Consultant at the Shakespeare Theatre Company from 2000 - 2009, and she has dramaturged for Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, the Kennedy Center, and the Bach Sinfonia. Publications include The Business of English Restoration Theatre, 1660 - 1700 (2023), Revisiting Shakespeare's Lost Play (2016), Four Restoration Libertine Plays (2005), The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (2000) and Cultural Readings of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Theatre (1995).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Series Preface Preface by Maureen Dowd Introduction Chapter 1. Shakespeare in Washington D.C. Chapter 2. The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger 1986-1991 Chapter 3. The Shakespeare Theatre 1992-2007 Chapter 4. Shakespeare Theatre Company 2007-2019 Chapter 5. Interview with Michael Kahn Chapter 6. STC 2019- Chapter 7. Interview with Simon Godwin References Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Series Preface Preface by Maureen Dowd Introduction Chapter 1. Shakespeare in Washington D.C. Chapter 2. The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger 1986-1991 Chapter 3. The Shakespeare Theatre 1992-2007 Chapter 4. Shakespeare Theatre Company 2007-2019 Chapter 5. Interview with Michael Kahn Chapter 6. STC 2019- Chapter 7. Interview with Simon Godwin References Index
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