{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-ballet-gender-sexuality-race-and-politics-on-stage-9781350302532","title":"Shakespeare and Ballet: Gender, Sexuality, Race and Politics on Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and highly readable account.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Sir Stanley Wells\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An outstanding, remarkable book.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Lisa S. Starks, University of South Florida, USA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new and comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities is also the first to foreground the importance of music to the aesthetics and meanings of Shakespeare dance-works.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganised around adaptations of key plays, each chapter offers close study of the contrasting interpretations and styles of a number of choreographers and illuminates issues of gender, sexuality, race and politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Shakespeare's work is recreated in diverse forms in theatres all over the world, ballet is potentially one of the most international and inclusive forms of theatrical expression, based in the fundamental expressive potential of the body. Since it moved into the avant-garde more than a century ago, it has been in the forefront of invention and experiment in the theatrical arts and yet the hundreds of ballets which have been based on Shakespeare's work have received scant attention in Shakespearean scholarship and criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Fuller explores a wide range of Shakespeare's oeuvre as it has been recreated in this form, with studies of ballets based on some of his most famous works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, the Sonnets, \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e. With analysis of productions from the 1940s to the present by British, American and European choreographers, it reads these as forms of creative criticism which reflect wider developments in society and in so doing show Shakespeare as perpetually contemporary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Fuller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Shakespeare and Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350302532","brand":"Arden Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521203953801,"sku":"9781350302532","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_046958b5-c6cb-4516-b4de-81b37b9ec33b.jpg?v=1776226484","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-ballet-gender-sexuality-race-and-politics-on-stage-9781350302532","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}