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Shakespeare on European Festival Stages introduces readers to a wide range of European Festivals, from the small and less well-known to the larger and more established. Written by authors who have extensive and intimate knowledge of these festivals, this book traces their development over time and the intersections between local, national and international contexts. * Francesca Clare Rayner, Universidade do Minho, Portugal *

A superb and timely volume. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages introduces readers to a wide range of European Festivals, from the small and less well-known to the larger and more established. Written by authors who have extensive and intimate knowledge of these festivals, this book traces their development over time and the intersections between local, national and international contexts. * Francesca Clare Rayner, Universidade do Minho, Portugal * [An] informative and inspiring volume of essays written and compiled by eminent international scholars of Shakespeare, published in the prestigious The Arden Shakespeare series. In twelve fascinating chapters, 17 authors of Shakespeare on European Festival Stages show how the influence of the Bard can be seen in the second half of the 20th century to the present day through a specific medium and genre, the performing arts festival. * Theatron *

A superb and timely volume. Shakespeare on European Festival Stages introduces readers to a wide range of European Festivals, from the small and less well-known to the larger and more established. Written by authors who have extensive and intimate knowledge of these festivals, this book traces their development over time and the intersections between local, national and international contexts. * Francesca Clare Rayner, Universidade do Minho, Portugal *

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Nicoleta Cinpoes is a professor at the University of Worcester, UK, a Shakespeare scholar, historian and reviewer, and a consultant for the International Shakespeare Festival, Craiova, Romania. Florence March is Professor at University Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France, a specialist in Renaissance and Restoration drama, a drama translator at Maison Antoine Vitez (an international Centre for theatre translation in Paris) and a consultant for Le Printemps des comédiens, Montpellier's international drama festival. Paul Prescott is Reader in English at the University of Warwick, UK. He has worked extensively on and with Shakespeare festivals and companies across North America, Europe and elsewhere, and is the co-founder of ‘Shakespeare in Yosemite’.

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