Lockdown Shakespeare

Gemma Kate Allred is a doctoral researcher at the Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Benjamin Broadribb is a doctoral researcher at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.Erin Sullivan is Reader in Shakespeare at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.

• Introduction: Cultural Cartography of The Digital Lockdown LandscapeGemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and Benjamin Broadribb (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)Part One: Analyses1. The Screen Language of Lockdown: Connection and Choice in Split-Screen Performance John Wyver (University of Westminster, London, UK)2. Lockdown Shakespeare and the Metamodern Sensibility Benjamin Broadribb (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)3. Notions of Liveness in Lockdown Performance Gemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland)4. Creation Theatre and Big Telly’s The Tempest: Digital Theatre and the Performing Audience Pascale Aebischer and Rachael Nicholas (University of Exeter, UK)5. Immersion in a Time of Distraction: ‘The Under Presents: Tempest’ Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)6. What You Will in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring the Digital Arts, Race and Flexible Resistance David Sterling Brown (Trinity College, Connecticut, USA ) and Ben Crystal (The Shakespeare Ensemble, Global)Part Two: Case Studies7. ‘Shakespeare for Everyone’ The Show Must Go Online in conversation with Gemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and Benjamin Broadribb (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)8. Ricardo II: una producción bilingüe de Merced Shakespearefest William Wolfgang (University of Warwick, UK) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)9. ‘Your play needs no excuse’ CtrlAltRepeat in conversation with Gemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and Benjamin Broadribb (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)10. ‘Are we all met?’: Responding to Shakespeare’s Canon through Online Community Performance Jennifer Moss Waghorn, Katrin Bauer, Sarah Hodgson, Diane Lowman, Kathryn Twigg and Martin Wiggins (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)11. ‘Present fears are less than horrible imaginings’ Big Telly Theatre Company in conversation with Gemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and Benjamin Broadribb (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)12. Teaching Shakespearean Performance in Lockdown Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA), Sarah Hatchuel (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France) and Yu Umemiya (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan) in conversation with Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)Part Three: Lockdown Digital Arts: An Extended Year in ReviewGemma Kate Allred (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland), Benjamin Broadribb and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)I. SpringII. SummerIII. AutumnIV. Winter / SpringConclusion: Shakespeare after LockdownErin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)NotesIndex

A remarkably cathartic read.