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Poetics, Plays, and Performance: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre (review)

Poetics, Plays, and Performance: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre (review) Book Reviews 165 ing to Levith, despite the censorship, Shakespeare was still read and translated but never performed. Levith goes on to discuss the rebirth of Shakespeare in the PRC, which, according to him, happened essentially because of the celebration of Zhu’s Complete Works of Shakespeare. This publication sparked revitalization in Shakespeare production, which led to the fi rst Chinese Shake- speare Festival in 1986. The small section pertaining to the fi rst Shakespeare festival in China is riveting. Levith’s overview tells of more than seventy productions from 10– 23 April 1986, which were attended by more than 100,000 people. By far, this is the most exciting part of Levith’s book. I was fascinating by all the different styles and concepts of the plays. Some of the performances mixed traditional Chinese opera with Shakespeare, such as the production of Macbeth, which took on the name Bloody Hands. This rearranged production, cut to only eight scenes, included Chinese dance, song, and martial arts. Other productions presented a more traditional version of the plays by setting them in Elizabe- than England (The Merchant of Venice) or a Romanesque setting (Anthony and Cleopatra). More depth about each of the productions including more http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Poetics, Plays, and Performance: The Politics of Modern Indian Theatre (review)

Nair, Sreenath.
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 25 (1) – Mar 4, 2008
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Book Reviews 165 ing to Levith, despite the censorship, Shakespeare was still read and translated but never performed. Levith goes on to discuss the rebirth of Shakespeare in the PRC, which, according to him, happened essentially because of the celebration of Zhu’s Complete Works of Shakespeare. This publication sparked revitalization in Shakespeare production, which led to the fi rst Chinese Shake- speare Festival in 1986. The small section pertaining to the fi rst Shakespeare festival in China is riveting. Levith’s overview tells of more than seventy productions from 10– 23 April 1986, which were attended by more than 100,000 people. By far, this is the most exciting part of Levith’s book. I was fascinating by all the different styles and concepts of the plays. Some of the performances mixed traditional Chinese opera with Shakespeare, such as the production of Macbeth, which took on the name Bloody Hands. This rearranged production, cut to only eight scenes, included Chinese dance, song, and martial arts. Other productions presented a more traditional version of the plays by setting them in Elizabe- than England (The Merchant of Venice) or a Romanesque setting (Anthony and Cleopatra). More depth about each of the productions including more

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Published: Mar 4, 2008

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