Heijes Shakespeare, Blackface and Race

Different Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-90975-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Elements in Shakespeare Performance

This Element addresses the topical debate on blackface, race and Othello. With Shakespeare performance studies being rather Anglo-centric, the author explores how this debate has taken a radically different course in the Netherlands, a country historically perceived as tolerant and culturally close to the UK. Through several case studies, including the Van Hove Othello of 2003/2012 and the latest, controversial 2018/2020 Othello, the first main house production with a black actor as Othello, the author analyses the interaction between blackface and (institutional) racism in Dutch society and theatre and how Othello has become an active player in this debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heijes, Coen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Context: Dutch Tolerance, Blackface and Racism; 3. Othello after World War Two: White Actors and Blackface; 4. Movement from the Fringe: Ignorance, Indifference and Indignation; 5. Othello is Black and that Matters.