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- Title
Where Character Is King: Gregory Doran's Henriad.
- Authors
Dailey, Alice
- Abstract
This article studies 'King and Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle of Kings', the RSC's recent four-play Henriad directed by Gregory Doran and performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in April 2016. In keeping with Doran's directorial style, the cycle was conspicuously lean on concept, offering few moments of design-driven staging and instead spotlighting character and ensemble acting. The cycle thus presents an opportunity for exploring some of the claims of character criticism, which has recently made something of a comeback in Shakespeare studies. Combining the perspectives of performance theorists, theatre practitioners and literary scholars, character criticism describes dramatic character as a phenomenon constituted through the cooperation of text and body. Thinking about Doran's Henriad in these terms not only highlights the achievements and flaws of 'King and Country' but discloses Shakespeare's diverse mechanisms for constructing theatrical kings.
- Subjects
HENRIAD (Theatrical production); DORAN, Gregory, 1958-; CRITICISM &; interpretation of Shakespeare's works; HENRY IV (Play : Shakespeare); RICHARD II (Play : Shakespeare); ROYAL Shakespeare Co.
- Publication
Critical Survey, 2018, Vol 30, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0011-1570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/cs.2018.300109