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The Shakespeare Hut : a story of performance, memory and identity, 1916-1923
- Title
- The Shakespeare Hut : a story of performance, memory and identity, 1916-1923 / Ailsa Grant Ferguson.
- Author
- Ferguson, Ailsa Grant
- Publication
- London ; New York, NY : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 265 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "This book tells the forgotten story of the Shakespeare Hut, a vast, mock-Tudor building for New Zealand Anzac soldiers visiting London on leave from the front lines. Constructed in Bloomsbury in 1916, the Hut was to be the only built memorial to mark Shakespeare's Tercentenary in the midst of war. With a purpose-built performance space, its tiny stage hosted the biggest theatrical stars of the age. The Hut is a vivid and unique case study in cultural memory and performance of Shakespeare. One extraordinary building brings together Shakespeare's place in First World War theatre, in emerging new post-colonial identities, the story of Shakespearean performance in the twentieth century and in the struggle for women's suffrage. Grant Ferguson transports you to the Hut and its lively, idiosyncratic world. From a feminist-led stage to a hub of Indian intellectual and political debate, from a Shakespeare memorial to an Anzac social club, this is the story of a building truly at a crossroads"--
- Series Statement
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Uniform Title
- Arden Shakespeare.
- Alternative Title
- Shakespeare Hut : a story of memory, performance and identity, 1916-1923
- Subjects
- Great Britain
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Dramatic production > History > 20th century
- History
- Anniversaries
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > 1800-1950
- Shakespeare Hut (Bloomsbury, London, England)
- World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain > Theater and the war
- England > London
- Soldiers > Recreation > Great Britain
- 1800-1999
- World War (1914-1918)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > England > London
- Theater
- War and theater
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Anniversaries, etc
- Armed Forces > Military life
- Great Britain > Army > Australian and New Zealand Army Corps > Military life
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre events, 1910-12: festivity, bardolatry, (re)constructing "memory" -- "What ho! For Shakespeare, when we get back to Blighty!": commemorating Shakespeare in wartime -- Performing Englishness: the Shakespeare Hut for Anzacs -- Performing femininity: women at the Shakespeare Hut -- After the war, 1919-23 -- Epilogue: forgetting and "remembering" the Shakespeare Hut, 1924-2016: festivity, bardolatry and (re)constructing "memory".
- Call Number
- JFD 19-2282
- ISBN
- 9781474295840
- 1474295843
- 9781474295857 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781474295864 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018055733
- OCLC
- 1078966018
- Author
- Ferguson, Ailsa Grant, author.
- Title
- The Shakespeare Hut : a story of performance, memory and identity, 1916-1923 / Ailsa Grant Ferguson.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Arden ShakespeareArden Shakespeare.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-2282