Every Inch a Queen: Reckoning with Misogyny/Reclaiming the Feminine in Shakespeare's King Lear

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dc.contributor.advisorLampert, Paul
dc.creatorNewton, Alistair Lee
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T12:43:43Z
dc.date.available2018-05-28T12:43:43Z
dc.date.copyright2017-09-15
dc.date.issued2018-05-28
dc.date.updated2018-05-28T12:43:43Z
dc.degree.disciplineTheatre
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a production concept for Shakespeares King Lear, to be adapted and directed by Alistair Newton as a part of the 35th Anniversary of Canadian Stages Shakespeare in High Park presentations. The production employs a conceptual framework which seeks to interrogate the misogyny inherent in the play by recasting the king as a queen, inspired by the final days of queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeares play is put into its historical context, the original source material that inspired its writing is examined, and an interrogation of Elizabethan attitudes towards gender is undertaken. This leads to the description of a directorial concept which addresses the plays problematic aspects, and employs the conceptual strategies of cross-gender casting, drag and gender play, and a queer reading of two of the central characters as a method of challenge and reinterpretation. The design for the physical production is then described in some detail.
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a production concept for Shakespeares King Lear, to be adapted and directed by Alistair Newton as a part of the 35th Anniversary of Canadian Stages Shakespeare in High Park presentations. The production employs a conceptual framework which seeks to interrogate the misogyny inherent in the play by recasting the king as a queen, inspired by the final days of queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeares play is put into its historical context, the original source material that inspired its writing is examined, and an interrogation of Elizabethan attitudes towards gender is undertaken. This leads to the description of a directorial concept which addresses the plays problematic aspects, and employs the conceptual strategies of cross-gender casting, drag and gender play, and a queer reading of two of the central characters as a method of challenge and reinterpretation. The design for the physical production is then described in some detail.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34470
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectGender studies
dc.subject.keywordsShakespeare
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian Stage
dc.subject.keywordsShakespeare in High Park
dc.subject.keywordsQueer theory
dc.subject.keywordsAlexander McQueen
dc.subject.keywordsLeigh Bowery
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian theatre
dc.subject.keywordsCross gender casting
dc.subject.keywordsElizabeth I
dc.titleEvery Inch a Queen: Reckoning with Misogyny/Reclaiming the Feminine in Shakespeare's King Lear
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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