Article
Realism and the Ethics of Risk at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare Bulletin
(2010)
Abstract
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is notoriously risk-averse, creating quality "classical" theatre without rocking any audience worlds. Or is it? This paper re-examines the history of "risk" at Stratford and explores two key productions directed by Peter Hinton at the Festival. I conclude that, perhaps, risk-taking directors and a "conservative" acting company serve the work very well indeed.
Keywords
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival,
- stage realism,
- actor training,
- risk
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter 2010
Citation Information
Solga, Kim. “Realism and the Ethics of Risk at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.” Shakespeare Bulletin 28.4 (Winter 2010): 417-42.