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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793935003321

Autore

Smith Philip <1983->

Titolo

Shakespeare in Singapore : performance, education, and culture / / Philip Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

0-429-77211-4

0-429-43015-9

0-429-77212-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages)

Collana

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Theater - Singapore - History

Arts - Singapore - History

DRAMA / Asian

DRAMA / Shakespeare

Singapore Civilization English influences

Singapore Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments  Introduction  Part 1: A Taste of Home -- 1819 to 1900  Part 2: 'A great and perceptive love' -- 1900 to 1942  Part 3: Shakespeare in the Final Days of British Rule -- 1942 to 1963  Part 4: Playing Balthazar -- 1963 to 1980  Part 5: 'Not pukka' -- 1980 to 1990  Part 6: 'If I profane with my unworthiest hand' -- 1990 to 2000  Part 7: 'To shake the head, relent, and sigh' -- 2001 to 2019  ...and exits  Bibliography  Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Shakespeare in Singapore provides the first detailed and sustained study of the role of Shakespeare in Singaporean theatre, education, and culture. This book tracks the role and development of Shakespeare in education from the founding of modern Singapore to the present day, drawing on sources such as government and school records, the entire span of Singapore's newspaper archives, playbills, interviews with educators and theatre professionals, and existing academic sources. By



uniting the critical interest in Singaporean theatre with the substantial body of scholarship that concerns global Shakespeare, the author overs a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of the ways in which Singaporean approaches to Shakespeare have been shaped by, and respond to, cultural work going on elsewhere in Asia. A vital read for all students and scholars of Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Singapore offers a unique examination of the cultural impact of Shakespeare, beyond its usual footing in the Western world.