Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Griffin, Brent
URN	etd-08052011-225558
Title	"My charms crack not, my spirits obey": The Promise of Original Practices at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 2003-2005
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	English, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Gary Taylor Committee Chair Celia Daileader Committee Member David Gants Committee Member Kris Salata University Representative
Keywords	Shakespeare Original Practices Neo-Formalism New Globe Theatre Verse-Speaking Performance Studies
Date of Defense	2011-06-24
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract With the opening of London’s Bankside Globe, “original practices” (OP) quickly became the buzzword for all theatrical efforts seeking to reconstruct an “authentic” Shakespearean environ for today’s audiences. Scholarly discourse surrounding OP’s potential influence on contemporary Shakespeare studies and current performance dynamics has certainly increased over the past decade, with a good portion of the commentary focusing on the new Globe’s first few seasons of experimental development. And yet, despite several thorough analyses of their early attempts at recreating early modern playing spaces and staging conditions (architectural considerations aside), little has materialized from the Globe along the lines of an OP manifesto. By examining aesthetic antecedents and contemporary case studies (Globe OP productions, 2003-05), my dissertation will attempt to remedy this particular (if not peculiar, given OP’s emphasis on praxis over gnosis) omission by grounding the present shift toward “reconstructive Shakespeare” squarely within the realm of a newly emergent neo-formalism and its reassessment of Renaissance playtexts.
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