Shakespeare's New Contemporariness or Hamlet in the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in the 21st Century

Portmann, Alexandra (2018). Shakespeare's New Contemporariness or Hamlet in the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in the 21st Century. Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies, 96(1), pp. 1-13. Sage 10.1177/0184767818763427

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This article investigates how Shakespeare’s Hamlet has become a platform for negotiating memory politics in Serbia in the new millennium. Focusing on two productions in Belgrade’s Yugoslav Drama Theatre since 2005 (Dušan Jovanović, 2005 and Aleksandar Popovski, 2016) and one adaptation, Cirkus istorija (Sonja Vukičević, 2006), the specific conditions for each of the productions’ actualization are investigated. Through a discussion of these Hamlet productions, the analysis reveals the ways in which the repeated staging of classical dramatic texts, with each production embedded within a specific staging tradition, becomes a renewed source of inspiration for political theatre.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Theater Studies

UniBE Contributor:

Portmann, Alexandra

Subjects:

700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment

ISSN:

0184-7678

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Alexandra Portmann

Date Deposited:

14 Jun 2018 11:02

Last Modified:

27 Mar 2024 08:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/0184767818763427

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112927

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