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A collaborative play, devised by [[Jane Taylor]]. | A collaborative play, devised by [[Jane Taylor]]. | ||
| − | A new work of experimental theatre, a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play ''[[The History of Cardenio]]'' (registered 1653). | + | A new work of experimental theatre, described as "a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play ''[[The History of Cardenio]]'' (registered 1653)". |
One of some twelve new works commissioned by Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt from Harvard University, in his deliberations on the “missing Shakespeare play.” for [[Cardenio|The Cardenio Project]] | One of some twelve new works commissioned by Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt from Harvard University, in his deliberations on the “missing Shakespeare play.” for [[Cardenio|The Cardenio Project]] | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 7 November 2013
A collaborative play, devised by Jane Taylor.
A new work of experimental theatre, described as "a combination of sculptural puppetry, live performance, sound and visual art. The work is a meditation on the late works of William Shakespeare, and the lost play The History of Cardenio (registered 1653)".
One of some twelve new works commissioned by Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt from Harvard University, in his deliberations on the “missing Shakespeare play.” for The Cardenio Project
It was first performed *** Writer/director: Jane Taylor, Creative collaborator: Aja Marneweck and the Paper Body Collective Puppet sculptor: Gavin Younge Sound design and composition: Julia Raynham Artist: Penny Siopis as anatomy artist CAST: Jemma Kahn as Anne Greene/Dorotea Dylan Esbach as Dr Petty and Cardenio Martin Kintu as primary puppeteer, and Printer, and Luscinda Rouxnet Brown as the Assistant, and warrior puppeteer Jeroen Kranenberg as Town crier and Don Quixote
First published in the South African Theatre Journal, 26(2):185-217(2012).
