Emmanuel Levinas once wrote that all of philosophy is a meditation on Shakespeare. Can we ever think, write, or say anything \u2013 especially about performance \u2013 that is not \u2018On Shakespeare\u2019? Discuss. On Shakespeare will explore the ways in which the cultural presence of Shakespeare affects \u2013 or, equally importantly, might not affect \u2013 the theory and practice of performance. Shakespeare scholars will consider the ways in which we preserve and present Shakespearean performance, considering the practices of editors and the possibilities of the printed page as well as digital media. Contributors will also explore other artists\u2019 relationships to Shakespeare \u2013 e.g., in the films and installations of Peter Greenaway, the jazz interpretations of Duke Ellington, or the modernist poetics of Louis Zukofsky. On Shakespeare will offer new approaches to the relationship between Shakespeare and performance, pursuing modes of writing and lines of enquiry that complement, extend, or speak back to mainstream Shakespeare scholarship.<\/p>\n
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Thinking through Techn\u0113
\nMick Wallis
\npp. 1 – 8
\nEditorial
\nWilliam H. Sherman, Peter Holland
\npp. 2 – 3
\nDigitizing Performance History: Where do we go from here?
\nChristie Carson
\npp. 4 – 17
\nSeeing, Studying, Performing: Bell’s Edition of Shakespeare and performative reading
\nStuart Sillars
\npp. 18 – 27
\nWhen the forest moves’
\nMillie Chen
\npp. 28 – 34
\nNecrOphelia: Death, femininity and the making of modern aesthetics
\nMagda Romanska
\npp. 35 – 53
\nPitfalls of Cinematic Aspiration: The reception of Peter Sellars’s The Merchant of Venice
\nRichard Pettengill
\npp. 54 – 64
\nDe-basing Shakespeare: Henry X
\nDan McCannell
\npp. 65 – 73
\nA Shared Experience: Shakespeare and popular theatre
\nStephen Purcell
\npp. 74 – 84
\nShakespeare Under the Skin
\nAnston Bosman
\npp. 85 – 90
\nBrief Chronicles’: Remembering Shakespearian performance
\nJean Chothia, Michael Cordner, Michael Dobson
\npp. 91 – 108
\nBook Review: Shakespeare and Performance
\nSarah Werner
\npp. 109 – 113
\nWhitney, Geoffrey’ to ‘Zukofsky, Louis’: the ending of Louis Zukofsky’s index to Bottom: On Shakespeare
\npp. 114 – 114
\nNotes on Contributors
\npp. 115 – 117<\/p>\n\n\n