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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean for early modern theatre to be live'? How have audiences over time experienced a sense of liveness'? This collection extends discussions of liveness to works from the 16th and 17th centuries, both in their initial incarnations and contemporary adaptations. Drawing on theatre and performance studies, as well as media theory, this volume uses the concept of liveness to consider how early modern theatre including non-Western and non-traditional performance employs embodiment, materiality, temporality and perception to impress on its audience a sensation of presence. The volume's contributors adopt varying approaches and cover a range of topics from material and textual studies, to early modern rehearsal methods, to digital and VR theatre, to the legacy of Shakespearean performance in global theatrical repertoires. This collection uses both early modern and contemporary performance practices to challenge our understanding of live performance. Productions and adaptions
Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements
Introduction Danielle Rosvally (University at Buffalo, USA) and Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University, USA) Part One: Proximity 1. Liveness in Virtual Early Modern Theatre
Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Impressions of Liveness in Shakespeare, at a Distance
Stephanie Shirilan (Syracuse University, USA) 3. Medium Specificity, Medium Convergence, and Aliveness in the Chromakey (2018) and Big Telly Zoom (2020)
Macbeths Thomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College, USA) Part Two: Performance 4. Liveness in VR and AR Shakespeare Adaptations
Aneta Mancewicz (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) 5. Alive in the (Early) Modern Repertory
Elizabeth E. Tavares (University of Alabama, USA) 6. Contemporary Turkish Shakespeares: New Breath to Old Lives
Murat Ögütcü (independent scholar, Turkey) 7. Death Draws Down our Curtain: Liveness Beyond Life in Early Modern Persianate Islam
Kenneth Molloy (Brown University, USA) 8. Signs of Liveness: The Blazing Star in Renaissance Drama
Gina M. Di Salvo (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA) 9. The Apparitional Audience: Prophesizing Live Collectives in Modern India and Early Modern England
Jonathan Gil Harris (Ashoka University, India) Index
