"'Looks the part': Conceptual Casting as Incomplete Adaptation in Corcadorca's Merchant of Venice (2005) and Terra Nova's Belfast Tempest (2016)"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo665/
Author:
	Nakase, Justine.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2025
Publication Information:
	Murphy, Shakespeare in Ireland: Adaptations and Appropriations, 201–18.
:
	Murphy, Shakespeare in Ireland: Adaptations and Appropriations
Annotation:
	Points out limitations of conceptual casting in two Irish productions. Argues that in Corcadorca's production of Merchant of Venice (dir. Pat Kiernan, q.v.), "the Polish identity of the actors [playing Jewish characters] became subsumed by the fictional Jewishness" and so did not offer an effective commentary on "the rise of anti-Polish racism in Ireland." Contends that although in Andrea Montgomery's Belfast Tempest (q.v.), "the cast reflected multiple waves of migration to the city," the play "ignor[ed] the presence of the more troubling themes of The Tempest."   
Language:
	English
Cross-References:
	Kiernan, The Merchant of Venice
	Montgomery, The Belfast Tempest
Persons:
	Montgomery, Andrea; Kiernan, Pat
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Stage and Theater History, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Theatrical Techniques
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo665