Peter Brook's A Midsummer Night's Dream

An Archival Discovery

Authors

  • Linda McJannet Bentley University

Abstract

This note describes and analyzes a full-length, archival recording of Peter Brook's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970) long thought to be lost, but recently rediscovered by the author. Now preserved on DVD, it is available to scholars at the Royal Shakespeare Company Archives, housed at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Author Biography

Linda McJannet, Bentley University

Linda McJannet is Professor of English and Media Studies (Emerita) at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. She is the author of two monographs, The Voice of English Stage Directions and The Sultan Speaks and co-editor of Early Modern England and Islamic Worlds. Her articles have appeared in Shakespeare Quarterly, The Journal of Theatre and Drama, English Literary Renaissance, and Dance Chronicle, among others, and in many book collections. A life-long dancer, she co-founded the Shakespeare and Dance Project in 2013 with Emily Winerock and Amy Rodgers (http://www.shakespeareandance.com). She is currently researching modern dance and physical theater adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 10, No.2, 2017. Image: Three dancers on a dark stage, one as Prospero controls Ariel who struggles on the floor.

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Published

2017-05-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017): Shakespeare and Dance

Section

Notes