Robert Lepage's Intercultural Encounters
Published on 24. February 2021
978-1-108-94616-2 (ISBN)
Description
This study returns to the origins of Robert Lepage's directorial work and his first cross-cultural interaction with a Shakespearean text to provide some background for his later work. This early work is situated within the political and social context of Quebec and Canada in the 1980s. Constitutional wrangling and government policies of bilingualism, biculturalism and multiculturalism all had a profound impact on this director, helping to forge his priorities and working methods. In 2018 two of Lepage's productions were cancelled due to concerns about cultural appropriation. Lepage responded by stating his view that the artist is as above the concerns of political correctness. While this approach was deemed acceptable in the 1980s, this study looks at the dangers posed by approaching cross-cultural creation from this standpoint in the 21st century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
1,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-94616-2 (9781108946162)
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Christie Carson
Robert Lepage's Intercultural Encounters
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02/2021
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. The Boundaries of Shakespeare in Performance Criticism; 2. The 2018 Controversies; 3. The Artist in Canada: Representing Difference; 4. The Cultural and Theatrical Climate in Canada 1980-1992; 5. Bilingual Theatre in Canada; 6. Shakespeare in Quebec; 7. Reflecting on Origins - Lepage's Training and Theatre Repere; 8. Nightcap Productions/Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan; 9. A Critical Analysis of Early Multicultural Government Policy in Canada; 10. Quebec's Multiculturalism/Interculturalism; 11. English Canada's Approach to Multicultural Policy; 12. The Cultural Controversy of 2018 Revisited.
