{"product_id":"slings-38-arrows-adapting-shakespeare-in-theatre-and-television-hardback-9781487507725","title":"Slings \u0026#38; Arrows; Adapting Shakespeare in Theatre and Television (Hardback) 9781487507725","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSlings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAdapting Shakespeare in Theatre and Television\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKailin Wright (Author), Don Moore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487507725\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 February 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 19 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCanadian television comedy \u003cem\u003eSlings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e shows the backstage lives of a Shakespearean theatre company. Finding wild success in Canada and abroad, the series won twenty-two television awards, received rave reviews in the United States, and the Brazilian version, \u003cem\u003eSom e Fúria\u003c\/em\u003e, earned audiences of eighteen million viewers. This book not only asks but also answers the question, why Shakespeare today? \u003cbr\u003eOffering a diverse collection of essays as well as original interviews with the actors (Rothaford Gray) and creators (Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney) of the show, this text is a pivotal resource for any fan, critic, or scholar of \u003cem\u003eSlings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e and Shakespeare adaptation. With the backdrop of debates over Shakespeare’s cultural value today, this book fittingly articulates and fosters its own scholarly debate about the relevance of \u003cem\u003eSlings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e in Shakespeare adaptation studies and Canadian theatre. A common theme linking the different perspectives of the book’s contributors is the idea that the adaptation of colonial figures like Shakespeare continues to be contentious, and, in fact, is symbolic of colonialism deeply embedded in Canadian cultural identity. \u003cem\u003eSlings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e, the book proposes, does not merely explore Shakespeare and Canada, but rather the more provocative relationship of Shakespeare as Canada. \u003cbr\u003eTying together themes of art, theatre, film, culture, and colonialism, this collection investigates the longstanding relevance of Shakespeare through the lens of adaptation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Slings \u0026amp; Arrows: Adapting Shakespeare as Canada in Theatre and Television\u003cbr\u003eKailin Wright\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAct I\u003cbr\u003e“Neither a Borrower nor Lender Be”: The Adaptation and Remediation of Shakespeare \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Reborn in Germany: Theory and the Theatre in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eMatt Williamson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Slings \u0026amp; Arrows: An Intermediated Shakespearean Adaptation (reprint)\u003cbr\u003eKim Fedderson and J.M. Richardson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Specters of Ethics, Race, and Colonial Inheritance in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows:\u003cbr\u003eThe Hyperreal Spectacle of Shakespeare as Canada\u003cbr\u003eDon Moore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Performing “a Nobody”: An Interview with Rothaford Gray on His Role as Nahum in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eDon Moore and Kailin Wright\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAct II\u003cbr\u003e“What Players Are They?”: Vulnerable Performativity, Spectatorship, and Ghosts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. “Who’s There?”: Slings \u0026amp; Arrows’s Audience Dynamics (reprint)\u003cbr\u003eKailin Wright\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Actors, Names, and the Cultural Inheritance of Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eLaura Estill\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Fistfights and Sacrifice: Troupe Dynamics, Transformation, and Shakespeare Offstage\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth E. Tavares\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Coloured “Extras” and Spotlit Whites: Spectating “Race” in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Elliott Clarke\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Comic Terror and Masculine Vulnerability in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows: Season Three. (reprint)\u003cbr\u003eFrancesca T. Royster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAct III\u003cbr\u003e“The Play’s the Thing”: Television, Theatre, and the Afterlife of Slings \u0026amp; Arrows \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. “Why Shakespeare? Why Canada?”: An Interview with Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney on Creating Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eKailin Wright\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Levinas-Based Shakespearean Adaptation, Performance, and Fandom in Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eLisa S. Starks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Haters Gonna Hate: Vid Adaptations of Slings \u0026amp; Arrows\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Stevens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Exhaustive Shakespeare, Shakespearean Exhaustion: Slings \u0026amp; Arrows and the End of Endless Adaptation\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Fischlin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eMark Fortier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481936152,"sku":"9781487507725","price":45.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/slings-38-arrows-adapting-shakespeare-in-theatre-and-television-hardback-9781487507725","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}