Race-ing with the Times: Theatrical Exigency and Performative Politics in Trevor Nunn’s Othello (1989)
| Autor: | Fischer, Susan L. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, Iss 25, p 167 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2171-861X 0214-4808 |
| DOI: | 10.14198/raei.2012.25.13 |
| Popis: | An almost beat-by-beat re-viewing and re-reading of the temptation scene in Trevor Nunn’s 1989 National Theatre production of Othello registered a need to query whether the director’s decision to cast a (black) opera singer rather than a (Shakespearean) actor in the demanding role of Othello had been misguided. This view presupposes that theatrical exigency – the development of a dramatic action and on-stage situation – would be highlighted over the contingency of performative politics, however vital contemporary attention to cultural matters of “inauthenticity” and “political correctness” may be regarded. |
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