Monsters and Marvels: Shakespeare Across Opera, Ballet, Dance, Puppetry, and Music in Central and Eastern Europe-and Beyond

• Authors: Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk , Šárka Havlíčková Kysová , Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik , Ivona Mišterová , Gabriella Reuss

Abstracts

EN

This collectively authored position paper discusses “hybrid” Shakespeares in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on productions that offer formal experimentation and transnational perspectives. While their contexts remain regional, they provide an insight into how Shakspeare has been mobilised regionally. The paper consists of four distinct parts, each considering Shakespeare in a hybrid form: in opera, dance and musical theatre as well as puppetry in the transnational, regional context. The general discussions of Shakespeare’s presence/appropriation in these art forms are followed by case studies that illustrate the significance of hybridity that characterises Shakespeare in the Central and Eastern European transnational context. Our brief analyses and selected case studies suggest a need for a detailed study of Shakespeare and performative arts in Central and Eastern Europe that would concentrate on the transgressive impulse these theatrical blends realised through formal experiment and artistic innovation.  

Keywords

EN

William Shakespeare; dance theatre; opera; ballet; musical; puppetry; transmediality

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 43
• Pages: 89-108

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk

• University of Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000157114867

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Šárka Havlíčková Kysová

• Masaryk University, Czech Republic

author

Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik

• University of Lodz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000276067127

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Ivona Mišterová

• University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

author

Gabriella Reuss

• Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2083-8530.28.05

Biblioteka Nauki

39773465