{"product_id":"touring-shakespeare-theatre-and-post-war-cultural-diplomacy-hardback-9781009381314","title":"Touring Shakespeare; Theatre and Post-War Cultural Diplomacy (Hardback) 9781009381314","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTouring Shakespeare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheatre and Post-War Cultural Diplomacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReveals how English Shakespeare companies were deployed to serve British diplomatic interests at the end of Empire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009381314, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Drawing on understudied archival material, James Taylor's Touring Shakespeare tells a fascinating story about mid-twentieth-century global tours by British Shakespeare companies. Decolonising the history of cultural diplomacy and connecting it to touring politics in our contemporary era, this study is a welcome contribution to the growing scholarship on global Shakespeare.' Alexa Alice Joubin, inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDrawing on a wealth of archival material, Touring Shakespeare reveals how English Shakespeare companies were deployed overseas in service to British diplomatic interests at the end of Empire and the start of the Cold War. In exploring the politics behind the global dissemination of Shakespeare performed by prominent English theatre companies like the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Jim Taylor examines whether tours supported, contradicted, or ran adjacent to the broader diplomatic objectives they served. Peeling back layers of production and reception history in such diverse locations as Egypt, India, Nigeria, and Australia, his study discloses how the British state came to regard Shakespeare tours as an effective compensatory device for its loss of economic and political power overseas, and how the global Shakespeare myth was driven by British cultural institutions between 1939 and 1965.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: 1. Cultural diplomacy in the Mediterranean (1939–1946) Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e 2. Re-colonisation in Australia (1948, 1953) Richard III and Othello\u003cbr\u003e 3. The cultural cold war in Eastern Europe (1955, 1957) Titus Andronicus\u003cbr\u003e 4. Decolonisation in Nigeria (1963) Macbeth\u003cbr\u003e 5. Globalisation in South and Southeast Asia (1964–65): The Tempest, Richard II and The Taming of the Shrew\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501088108824,"sku":"9781009381314","price":69.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009381314i.jpg?v=1786209262","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/touring-shakespeare-theatre-and-post-war-cultural-diplomacy-hardback-9781009381314","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}