Shakespeare and costume

by Lennox, Patricia Mirabella, M. Bella

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare and costume / edited by Patricia Lennox and Bella Mirabella.

Summary

New approaches in performances studies, theatre history, research in material culture and dress history serve as background to and inspiration for a rich discussion of the many aspects of costume in Shakespearean performance. Shakespeare and Costume furthers this research, bringing together varied and stimulating essays by leading scholars that consider costume from literary, dramatic, design, performative and theatrical perspectives, as well as interviews with renowned theatre practitioners Jane Greenwood and Robert Morgan. The volume amply demonstrated how an analysis of the meaning of costume enriches our understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Beginning with an overview of the stage history of Shakespeare and costume, the volume looks at the historical context of clothing in the plays, considering topics such as royal self-fashioning, festive livery practices, and conceptions of race and gender exhibited in clothing choice, as well as costume in performance. Drawing on documentary evidence in designers' renderings, illustrations in periodicals, paintings, photographs, newspaper reviews and actors' memoirs, the volume also explores costume designs in specific Shakespeare productions from the re-opening of the London theatres in 1660 to the present day. --

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 291 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781472525079 (hbk.), 1472525078, 1350004472, 9781350004474
oclc:ocn898155310
LC Classification:PR2976
Dewey Decimal:822.3/3

Introduction / Patricia Lennox and Bella Mirabella -- Brief overview : a stage history of Shakespeare and costume / Russell Jackson -- Part I. Dressing Shakespeare in his own time : theatre, fashion and social practice. 'The compass of a lie?' : royal clothing at court and in the plays of Shakespeare, 1598-1613 / Maria Hayward -- Suits of green : festive livery on Shakespeare's stage / Erika T. Lin -- 'Honest clothes' in The merry wives of Windsor / Catherine Richardson -- How to do things with shoes / Natasha Korda -- 'Apparel oft proclaims the man' : dressing Othello on the English Renaissance stage / Bella Mirabella -- Part II. Designing Shakespeare : theatrical practice and costume. The stylish shepherd, or, what to wear in As you like it's Forest of Arden / Russell Jackson -- How designers helped Juliet's nurse reclaim her bawdy / Patricia Lennox -- Shakespeare stripped : costuming prisoner-of-war entertainments and cabaret / Kate Dorney -- Part III. Interviews with contemporary designers. The designers / Jane Greenwood and Robert Morgan.