New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity

Paul Edmondson is Head of Research at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association, and Honorary Fellow of The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UKEwan Fernie is Chair, Professor and Fellow at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.Contributors: Shaul Bassi, Sally Beamish, Silvia Bigliazzi, Hester Bradley, Katharine Craik, Michael Dobson, Carol Ann Duffy,Tobias Döring, Paul Fiddes, David Fuller, Graham Holderness, Jenny Lewis, Sinead Morrissey, Richard O'Brien, Micheal O’Siadhail, David Ruiter, Lawrence Sail, Katherine Scheil, Michael Symmons.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsPreface by Paul EdmondsonIntroduction by Ewan FerniePart I: After Garrick1. Reviving Garrick (including An ode upon dedicating a building, and erecting a statue, to Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon by David Garrick) by Michael Dobson2. A Shakespeare Masque: Reflections on an Anniversary Commission with Sally Beamish and Carol Ann Duffy (including the words of A Shakespeare Masque by Carol Ann Duffy) by Paul Edmondson3. Shakespeare Unbard: Negotiating Civic Shakespeare by Hester Bradley and Richard O'BrienPart II: New Places; New Forms4. Communities in the Theatre and in the World: Three Ballets and a Masque by David Fuller 5. Seeing More Clearly with the Eyes of Love: A Liturgy for Voices based on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Paul Fiddes and Andrew Taylor6. The Marina Project by Katharine Craik and Ewan FerniePart III: New Places: Europe7. Shakespeare’s German Place: Weimar and the Jubilees, 1864/2014 by Tobias Döring8. On Romeo and Juliet and Civic Crisis in Contemporary Verona by Silvia Bigliazzi9. Shylock in the Thinking Machine: Civic Shakespeare and the Future of Venice by Shaul Bassi10. Mastersinger Shakespeare! by Paul EdmondsonPart III: New Places: North America11. New Places for Civic Shakespeare in America by Katherine Scheil12. Shakespeare and Theatre at the Civic Intersection by David RuiterAfterword by Graham HoldernessBibliographyNotesIndex

Demonstrating how Shakespeare remains relevant in the 21st century, this book is valuable for situating Shakespeare in non-traditional settings. Summing Up: Highly recommended.