Slings & arrows : adapting Shakespeare in theatre and television / edited by Kailin Wright and Don Moore.
| Other author | Wright, Kailin, editor |
| Other author | Moore, Don (Professor), editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Slings & arrows (2026) |
| Variant title | Slings and arrows |
| Contents | Introduction: The Slings & Arrows of Adapting Shakespeare as Canada in Theatre and Television / Kailin Wright -- "Neither a Borrower nor Lender Be": The Adaptation and Remediation of Shakespeare. Reborn in Germany: Theory and the Theatre in Slings & Arrows / Matt Williamson -- Slings & Arrows: An Intermediated Shakespearean Adaptation / Kim Fedderson, J. Michael Richardson -- Spectres of Ethics, Race, and Colonial Inheritance in Slings & Arrows: The Hyperreal Spectacle of Shakespeare as Canada / Don Moore -- Performing "a Nobody": An Interview with Rothaford Gray on His Role as Nahum in Slings & Arrows / Don Moore, Kailin Wright -- "What Players Are They?": Vulnerable Performativity, Spectatorship, and Ghosts. "Who's There?": Slings & Arrows' Audience Dynamics / Kailin Wright -- Actors, Names, and the Cultural Inheritance of Slings & Arrows / Laura Estill -- Fistfights and Sacrifice: Troupe Dynamics, Transformation, and Shakespeare Offstage / Elizabeth E. Tavares -- Coloured "Extras" and Spotlit Whites: Spectating "Race" in Slings & Arrows / George Elliott Clarke -- Comic Terror and Masculine Vulnerability in Slings & Arrows: Season 3 / Francesca T. Royster -- "The Play's the Thing": Television, Theatre, and the Afterlife of Slings & Arrows. "Why Shakespeare? Why Canada?" An Interview with Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney on Creating Slings & Arrows / Kailin Wright -- Levinas-Based Shakespearean Adaptation, Performance, and Fandom in Slings & Arrows / Lisa S. Starks -- Haters Gonna Hate: Vid Adaptations of Slings & Arrows / E. Charlotte Stevens -- Exhaustive Shakespeare, Shakespearean Exhaustion: Slings & Arrows and the End of Endless Adaptation / Daniel Fischlin -- Afterword / Mark Fortier. |
| Abstract | "Canadian television comedy Slings & Arrows shows the backstage lives of a Shakespearean theatre company. Finding wild success in Canada and abroad, the series won twenty-two television awards, received rave reviews in the United States, and the Brazilian version, Som e Fúria, earned audiences of eighteen million viewers. This book not only asks but also answers the question, why Shakespeare today? Offering a diverse collection of essays as well as original interviews with the actors (Rothaford Gray) and creators (Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney) of the show, this text is a pivotal resource for any fan, critic, or scholar of Slings & Arrows and Shakespeare adaptation. With the backdrop of debates over Shakespeare's cultural value today, this book fittingly articulates and fosters its own scholarly debate about the relevance of Slings & Arrows in Shakespeare adaptation studies and Canadian theatre. A common theme linking the different perspectives of the book's contributors is the idea that the adaptation of colonial figures like Shakespeare continues to be contentious, and, in fact, is symbolic of colonialism deeply embedded in Canadian cultural identity. Slings & Arrows, the book proposes, does not merely explore Shakespeare and Canada, but rather the more provocative relationship of Shakespeare as Canada. Tying together themes of art, theatre, film, culture, and colonialism, this collection investigates the longstanding relevance of Shakespeare through the lens of adaptation."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Slings & arrows. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2026 1487536828 9781487536824 |
| Genre/form | Television adaptations |
| ISBN | 9781487507725 |
| ISBN | 1487507720 (hardcover) |
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