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Improv, Shakespeare, and Drag: A Conversation with Impromptu Shakespeare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2020

Ailis Duff ,
Rebecca MacMillan  and
Marina Cano
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Abstract

This interview took place during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (August 2017), where Impromptu Shakespeare has been performing since 2013. An improvised theatre group, Impromptu Shakespeare weaves in one new ‘Shakespeare’ play at every show. The conversation was led by Marina Cano, as part of her research on improvised Shakespeare and improvised Jane Austen. It involved Impromptu actors Ailis Duff and Rebecca MacMillan, and touched upon matters of improvisation, methodology, adaptation, Shakespeare on stage, and gender-blind performance. Marina Cano is a Research Associate at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is the author of Jane Austen and Performance (Palgrave 2017) and the co-editor of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare: A Love Affair in Literature, Film, and Performance (Palgrave 2019).

Keywords

improvised performanceEdinburgh Fringe FestivalJane AustenSherlock Holmescross-dressing
Type
Research Article
Information
New Theatre Quarterly , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , August 2020 , pp. 214 - 222
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2020

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