{"product_id":"shakespeares-others-in-21st-century-european-performance-the-merchant-of-venice-and-othello-paperback","title":"Shakespeare's Others in 21st-century European Performance: The Merchant of Venice and Othello - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoika Sokolova\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJanice Valls-Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice and Othello\u003c\/i\u003eare the two Shakespeare plays which serve as touchstones for contemporary understandings and responses to notions of 'the stranger' and 'the other'. This groundbreaking collection explores the dissemination of the two plays through Europe in the first two decades of the 21st-century, tracing how productions and interpretations have reflected the changing conditions and attitudes locally and nationally.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePacked with case studies of productions of each play in different countries, the volume opens vistas on the continent's turbulent history marked by the instability of allegiances and boundaries, and shifting senses of identity in a context of war, decolonization and migration. Chapters examine productions in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Italy, France, Portugal and Germany to shed light on wide-scale European developments for the first time in English.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a final section, performance insights are offered by interviews with three directors: Karin Coonrod on directing\u003ci\u003e The Merchant in Venice\u003c\/i\u003eat the Venetian Ghetto\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein 2016\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ePlamen Markov on his 2020\u003ci\u003e Othello\u003c\/i\u003efor the Varna Theatre (Bulgaria) \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand Arnaud Churin, whose\u003ci\u003e Othello\u003c\/i\u003etoured France in 2019\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn drawing attention to the ways in which historical circumstances and collective memory shape and refashion performance, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Others in 21st-century European Performance\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich review of European theatrical engagements with Otherness in the productions of these two plays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice Valls-Russell\u003c\/b\u003e is Principal research associate (French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoika Sokolova\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Notre Dame, USA, in England.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44400532652083,"sku":"9781350260795","price":183.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/ZitTS29IbUV3OENCZzBtbDc5a2RlZz09.webp?v=1780430052","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/shakespeares-others-in-21st-century-european-performance-the-merchant-of-venice-and-othello-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}