Experiments with Distributed Theatre

The Tempest was probably the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is unlikely that he would contemplate it being performed 400 years later, and even more unlikely that he could imagine an adaptation that allowed it to be performed as single play in two venues: providing two completely differen...

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Published in:IEEE multimedia 2015-07, Vol.22 (3), p.4-9
Main Authors: Williams, Doug, Kegel, Ian, Cesar, Pablo, Jansen, Jack, Ursu, Marian, Geelhoed, Erik
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Appeals
Artists
Collaboration
Consumption
Cooperation
digital theater
digital theatre
distributed systems
Internet/Web technologies
Media
mobile
Multimedia
networking
Technologists
Theatres
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Summary:The Tempest was probably the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is unlikely that he would contemplate it being performed 400 years later, and even more unlikely that he could imagine an adaptation that allowed it to be performed as single play in two venues: providing two completely different yet shared experiences of one story. This achievement, enabling this distributed performance using consumer-grade technologies, was the result of a close collaboration between the Miracle Theatre Company and the EU co-funded Vconect project. It highlights the importance of close collaboration between artists and technologists in achieving significant progress in multimedia with mass appeal.
ISSN:1070-986X
1941-0166
DOI:10.1109/MMUL.2015.65