Full Description
Music has been an essential constituent of Shakespeare's plays from the sixteenth century to the present day, yet its significance has often been overlooked or underplayed in the history of Shakespearean performance. Providing a long chronological sweep, this collection of essays traces the different uses of music in the theatre and in film from the days of the first Globe and Blackfriars to contemporary, global productions. With a unique concentration on the performance aspects of the subject, the volume offers a wide range of voices, from scholars to contemporary practitioners (including an interview with the critically acclaimed composer Stephen Warbeck), and thus provides a rich exploration of this fascinating history from diverse perspectives.
Contents
Introduction David Lindley and Bill Barclay; 1. Theatre bands and their music in Shakespeare's London William Lyons; 2. The many performance spaces for music at Jacobean indoor playhouses Simon Smith; 3. In practice I. Original practices and historical music in the Globe's London and Broadway productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III Claire van Kampen; 4. Ophelia's songspace: élite female musical performance and propriety on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage Paul L. Faber; 5. Jangling bells inside and outside the playhouse Katherine Hunt; 6. Music, its histories, and Shakespearean (inter-)theatricality in Beaumont's Knight of the Burning Pestle Linda Phyllis Austern; 7. Changing musical practices in the Shakespearean playhouse, 1620-42 Lucy Munro; 8. In practice II. Adapting a Restoration adaptation: The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island Elizabeth Kenny; 9. The reception and re-use of Thomas Arne's Shakespeare songs of 1740/1 John Cunningham; 10. Processing with Shakespeare on the eighteenth-century London stage Michael Burden; 11. The music for Henry V in Victorian productions by Kean and Calvert Val Brodie; 12. In practice III. Listening to the pictures: an interview with composer Stephen Warbeck Bill Barclay; 13. Film, music and Shakespeare: Walton and Shostakovich Peter Holland; 14. Music in contemporary Shakespearean cinema Ramona Wray; 15. The politics of popular music in contemporary Shakespearean performance Adam Hansen; 16. In practice IV. 'Sounds like': making music on Shakespeare's stage today Jon Trenchard and Carol Chillington Rutter; 17. Music in the 2012 Globe-to-Globe Festival Bill Barclay; Index.
