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Presents fresh perspectives on Shakespeare's representations of and in the 'North', past and present
Presents a wide range of emerging and established scholars working across the North of England, and across the English-Scottish border
Looks backwards and forwards, offering a survey of historical change, with chapters on Shakespeare and Northernness in the early modern period, as well as on later appropriations of his work in the 'North'
Attunes to Shakespeare's role in live political and theoretical debates about national sovereignty and identities, and regional communities and cultures
Situates Shakespeare's works alongside less canonical texts and diverse media
Offers detailed case studies of new material, with primary sources drawn from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives
Provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global
This exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. Considering how Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood the 'North', it brings together diverse voices to define what the 'North' meant and means in relation to Shakespeare. The book also situates Shakespeare's works alongside less canonical texts and media, as well as detailed case studies of new material from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between the past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global.
Contents
AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction, Adam Hansen
I: Shakespeare and the Early Modern North
Shakespeare's Northern Blood: Transfusing Gorboduc into Macbeth and Cymbeline, Paul Frazer
'Here are strangers near at hand': Anglo-Scottish Border Crossings Pre- and Post-Union, Steve Veerapen
Shakespeare, King James and the Northern Yorkists, Richard Stacey
North by North-West: Shakespeare's Shifting Frontier, Lisa Hopkins
II: Performing Shakespeare in the North
The People's Shakespeare: Place, Politics, and Performance in a Northern Amateur Theatre, Adam Hansen
Only Northerners need apply? Northern Broadsides and 'no-nonsense' Shakespeare, Caroline Heaton
Shakespeare and Blackpool: The RSC A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016): A Play for the Nation?, Janice Wardle
William the Conqueror: The Only Shakescene in a Country, Richard Wilson
III: Appropriating Shakespeare in the North
'What is Shakespeare to Manchester'?: Shakespearean Engagement in The North at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Monika Smialkowska
A Road by Any Other Name: Heaton History Group, a North East suburb, and Shakespeare, Chris Jackson
Lancastrian Shakespeares: Hamlet and King Lear in North West England (2005-2014), Liz Oakley-Brown
Shakespeare's Cheek: Macbeth, Dunsinane and the Jacobean Condition, James Loxley
Postscript: News from the North, Willy Maley
