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Sets by Lee Yun-su, costumes by Lee Myeong-ah, and lighting by Kim Seong-gu. Shim Ju-young, choreographer.
Produced by Yohangza Theatre Company at Arko Arts Theater, Seoul, 28 April-29 May 2022.
With Kim Su-jeong (Speed), Kim Gi-bun (Proteus), Lee Hwa-jung (Valentine), Jeong Su-young (Silvia), and Nam Seung-hye (Julia).
Studies significance of staging of city walls in early modern drama and their connections with early modern political realities. Connects representation of Roman city walls in Coriolanus with historical walls in early modern London, associated with civic authority and pageantry, and functioning as “potent spatial repositories of political emotions.”
Explores connections between Tempest and Thomas Heywood’s five blockbuster Ages plays (Golden Age, Silver Age, Brazen Age and two-part Iron Age). Notes first three Ages plays were composed and staged around same time as Tempest, and observes last Ages plays were jointly produced by Queen Anne’s Men and King’s Men, Shakespeare’s theater company. Explores how popularity of Ages and involvement of King’s Men in large Ages productions and might have shaped Tempest, noting possibility of reciprocal influence.
Studies significance of economic logic in All’s Well That Ends Well, and play's intertwining of economics with gender, politics and religion. Examines commodification of Helena’s virginity and sexuality, considering how Helena expresses agency in context of her economic objectification.
Explores connections between ballads and plays in early modern period. Considers ballads used and written by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Studies ballad-jigs performed in plays, including Midsummer Night’s Dream, and discuses ballad-jigs performed by clowns such as Robert Tarleton. Notes authorship of ballads by William Kemp and Robert Armin, clowns from Shakespeare’s theater company. Examines sale of printed ballads outside playhouses by marginalized vendors.
Juxtaposes representation of rich inner lives of Venus, horse and hare in Venus and Adonis with comparatively thin portrait of Adonis’ thoughts, desires and experiences. Considers place of human among gods and animals, drawing on animal studies, phenomenology, and philosophical theories about limits of humans’ accessibility to other forms of consciousness, including animals'.
Studies Angelo’s shifting motivations in Measure for Measure, from public servant uploading law to one who evades rules to fulfil his private interests. Studies Angelo in legal framework, Interpreting Angelo’s behavior through Ronald Dworkin’s criticism of legal positivist approaches to decision-making. Portuguese, Spanish, and English summaries, 237-8.
Offers politicized reading of Romeo and Juliet, tracing Machiavellian thought in play and noting how play anticipates political philosophies by Hobbes and Hegel. Argues Romeo and Juliet can be read as history of political thought. Spanish and English summaries, 141.
Observes astute assessment of social dynamics in Shakespeare’s plays, to analyze roles of marginalized individuals in early modern theatre and broader society. Centers study on King Lear's Poor Tom as figure of impoverished, mentally-ill outsider. Considers how Shakespeare’s depiction of class divisions and inequality continue to resonate in contemporary moment. Italian summary, online.
Pulls from close reading of madness in Hamlet to posit that play displays several signs of contemporary understanding of mental illness. Argues play theorizes novel "psycho-social concept that can contribute to our understanding of . . . tricky quirk in some modern cases involving malingering and . . . insanity defense." Puts Shakespeare's text in dialogue with modern notion of "Hamlet Syndrome" to elucidate "complex relationship between acting mad and being mad." Aims to spark discussion regarding veracity of "Hamlet Syndrome" and explore slippage between actor, audience, performance, and mental illness, real or feigned.