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Steele Brokaw, Katherine and Prescott, Paul (2019) Shakespeare in Yosemite : applied theatre in a National Park. Critical Survey, 31 (4). pp. 15-28. doi:10.3167/cs.2019.310403 ISSN 0011-1570.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2019.310403
Abstract
Shakespeare in Yosemite, founded in 2017, consists of an annual outdoor production of Shakespeare in Yosemite National Park on the weekend closest to World Earth Day and Shakespeare’s birthday. The productions are site-specific and heavily adapted for a general audience; admission is free. In this article, the co-founders describe the origins and aims of the festival within the contexts of applied theatre, eco-criticism and the American tradition of free outdoor Shakespeare. In describing the festival’s inaugural show – a collage piece that counterpointed Shakespeare’s words with those of early environmentalist John Muir – we make the case for leveraging Shakespeare’s cultural currency to play a part (however small or unknowable) in encouraging environmental awareness and activism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Community theater, Yosemite National Park (California) -- Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare, William,d1564-1616 -- Stage history, Shakespeare, William,1564-1616 -- Influence, Shakespeare, William,d1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- United States, Muir, John, 1838-1914 -- History and criticism, Drama, Theater and society -- United States, American literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century, Ecology in literature | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Critical Survey | ||||||
| Publisher: | Berghahn Journals | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0011-1570 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 December 2019 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 31 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 15-28 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3167/cs.2019.310403 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a post–peer-review, precopyedited version of an article published in Critical Survey. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Brokaw, K., & Prescott, P. (2019). Shakespeare in Yosemite, Critical Survey, 31(4), 15-28. is available online at: http://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2019.310403 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Description: | Special issue on ‘Applied Shakespeare’ |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 January 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 December 2021 | ||||||
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