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Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes. It welcomes readers to reimagine theater history in broader terms, and to account for more non-human and atmospheric players in the otherwise anthropocentric history of Shakespearean performance. This book analyses plays, horticultural manuals, cosmetic recipes, Puritan polemics, and travel writing in order to demonstrate how the material practices of the stage both catalyze and resist early forms of globalization in an ecological arena. William Steffen addresses the role of an understudied ecological performance history in determining Shakespeare's iconic cultural status, and models how non-human players have undermined Shakespeare's authoritative role in colonial discourse. Finally, this book makes a celebratory argument for the humanities in the age of climate change, and invites interdisciplinary engagement a research community that is compelled to find strategies for cultivating a hopeful tomorrow amidst unprecedented anthropogenic environmental changes.
Contents
Introduction: Early Modern Drama and the Anthropocene
PART I: ECO-MATERIALIST HISTORY
1: Grafting and Ecological Imperialism in John Fletcher's Bonduca
2: Hewers of Wood, Drawers of Gall: The Wooden Economies of Race in Titus Andronicus and Lust's Dominion
3: Hemp, Tobacco, and Hot Commodities on the English Stage
PART II: ECO-GLOBAL PERFORMANCE
4: Monkeys, Floods, and the
