Jim Taylor

Touring Shakespeare

Theatre and Post-War Cultural Diplomacy

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the politics behind English Shakespeare's global dissemination throughout the mid-twentieth century, Touring Shakespeare reveals a wealth of new historical evidence informing current debates on Shakespearean soft power, globalisation, and decolonisation. Its will prove stimulating for researchers of Shakespeare and Cold War history alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009381314
• ISBN-10: 1009381318
• Artikelnr.: 70146708

Autorenporträt

Dr Jim Taylor is an independent scholar. He has taught at Université Jean Moulin and Université Lumière in Lyon and held a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Open University, UK, where he received the Chancellor Lord Asa Briggs Award. His work has been published in Shakespeare and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Shakespeare.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1. Cultural diplomacy in the Mediterranean (1939-1946) Hamlet
2. Re-colonisation in Australia (1948, 1953) Richard III and Othello
3. The cultural cold war in Eastern Europe (1955, 1957) Titus Andronicus
4. Decolonisation in Nigeria (1963) Macbeth
5. Globalisation in South and Southeast Asia (1964-65): The Tempest, Richard II and The Taming of the Shrew
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.