Prison shakespeare and the purpose of performance: repentance rituals and the early modern
Auteur :
Herold, N.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137433954
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Over the last decade a number of prison theatre programs have developed to rehabilitate inmates by having them perform Shakespearean adaptations. This book focuses on how prison theatre today reveals certain elements of the early modern theatre that were themselves responses to cataclysmic changes in theological doctrine and religious practice.