Shakespeare on European Festival Stages

Nicoleta Cinpoes is a professor at the University of Worcester, UK, a Shakespeare scholar, historian and reviewer, and a consultant for the International Shakespeare Festival, Craiova, Romania.Florence March is Professor at University Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France, a specialist in Renaissance and Restoration drama, a drama translator at Maison Antoine Vitez (an international Centre for theatre translation in Paris) and a consultant for Le Printemps des comédiens, Montpellier's international drama festival.Paul Prescott is Reader in English at the University of Warwick, UK. He has worked extensively on and with Shakespeare festivals and companies across North America, Europe and elsewhere, and is the co-founder of ‘Shakespeare in Yosemite’.

A superb and timely volume. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages introduces readers to a wide range of European Festivals, from the small and less well-known to the larger and more established. Written by authors who have extensive and intimate knowledge of these festivals, this book traces their development over time and the intersections between local, national and international contexts.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction - Paul Prescott, Nicoleta Cinpoes and Florence March1. Shaping democratic festivals through Shakespeare in southern France: Avignon, Montpellier, NiceFlorence March, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France2. Shakespeare at the Almagro festivals: reinventing the plays in SpainIsabel Guerrero, University of Murcia, Spain3. Shakespeare at Four Castles: Summer Shakespeare Festival in Prague, Brno, Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Bratislava (Slovakia)Filip Krajník, University of Brno, Czech Republic and Eva Kyselová, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic4. Globolatry in Germany: The Shakespeare Festival at Neuss – a dramaturg’s perspectiveVanessa Schormann, University of Munich, Germany5. A world’s stage for many players: the international Shakespeare Festival – Craiova, RomaniaNicoleta Cinpoes, University of Worcester, UK6. Festivalizing Shakespeare in Italy: Verona and RomeLisanna Calvi, University of Verona, Italy and Maddalena Pennacchia, Roma Tre University, Italy7. The Gdansk Shakespeare Festival: four centuries of travelling theatre in PolandUrszula Kizelbach and Jacek Fabiszak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland8. From a schoolyard play to civic festival: Shakespeare in the Bulgarian village of PatalenitsaBoika Sokolova, University of Notre Dame, London Global Gateway, UK and Kirilka Stavreva, Cornell College, USA9. The Gyula Shakespeare Festival, Hungary: local, national, European, globalÁgnes Matuska, University of Szeged, Hungary and Júlia Paraizs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary10. Unhomely Shakespeares: interculturalism and diplomacy in ElsinoreAnne Sophie Refskou, University of Surrey, UK11. Shakespeare’s Globe in Indija – a portrait of Itaka Shakespeare Festival (Serbia)Alexandra Portmann, Queen Mary, University of London, UK NotesBibliographyIndex