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Oppositional quotes scrawled on both sides of the banners (Lincoln is an "emancipator" and "tyrant") complicated easy attempts to fix the rationale of assassination. [...]the audience was primed to confront anew Shakespeare's tale, which famously comments on its own potentia...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2012-05, Vol.64 (2), p.249-253
Main Author: KUFTINEC, SONJA ARSHAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accentuation
Actors
Assassinations & assassination attempts
Festivals
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Theater
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Summary:Oppositional quotes scrawled on both sides of the banners (Lincoln is an "emancipator" and "tyrant") complicated easy attempts to fix the rationale of assassination. [...]the audience was primed to confront anew Shakespeare's tale, which famously comments on its own potential for continuous theatrical reproduction: "How many ages hence / Shall this our lofty scene be acted over / In states unborn and accents yet unknown!" (3.1). The sitespecific, ambulatory Willful made such travel more explicit by inviting audience members to physically journey through the festival's spaces and to consider how meanings emerge from a multiplicity of perspectives; it divided the audience into three groups, each of which traveled by a different route to reach a final destination.
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.2012.0047