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Rewriting Greek Tragedies As Immigrant Stories, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Rewriting Greek Tragedies As Immigrant Stories, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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In this piece originally published in the New York Times, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner writes about Mojada, Luis Alfaro's adaptation of the Greek tragedy, Medea. Mojada is part of a trilogy from Alfaro that attempts to bring his Latino community into modern theater by writing them into classical plays.
The Mixed Reception Of The Hamilton Premiere In Puerto Rico, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
The Mixed Reception Of The Hamilton Premiere In Puerto Rico, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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In this article originally published in The Atlantic, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner wonders about the challenges of premiering the famed Broadway musical, Hamilton, during a time of political discord in the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria, in Puerto Rico.
The Hidden History Of 'Oklahoma!', Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
The Hidden History Of 'Oklahoma!', Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner explains that contemporary reinterpretations of the classic American musical Oklahoma! may be getting back to its root: it's based on a play by a gay Cherokee man.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Changing The Social Order, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Changing The Social Order, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner views the first four plays of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2018 season (Karen Zacarías's Destiny of Desire, Kate Hamill's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Othello, and Henry V) as expressions of social change.
Fresh Shakespeare From The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Fresh Shakespeare From The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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Some critics have argued against the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's contemporary English translation project, but Daniel Pollack-Pelzner argues it's part of the process of keeping Shakespeare alive.
Shakespeare In The Nineteenth Century; Shakespeare, Time And The Victorians: A Pictorial Exploration, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Shakespeare In The Nineteenth Century; Shakespeare, Time And The Victorians: A Pictorial Exploration, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner reviews Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century (edited by Gail Marshall) and Shakespeare, Time and the Victorians: A Pictorial Exploration (by Stuart Sillars) for Victorian Studies.
Summer Of Shrew, Part 4: Which End’S Up?, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Summer Of Shrew, Part 4: Which End’S Up?, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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In the last of a four-part series on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner explores how expanding the range of the titular Shrew to include male characters is actually a return to its original meaning. Pollack-Pelzner focuses on a long-forgotten Renaissance sequel to Shrew (John Fletcher's The Tamer Tamed) that takes the taming of men even further and turns its gender roles upside down.
Shakespeare Burlesque And The Performing Self, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Shakespeare Burlesque And The Performing Self, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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This paper argues that Victorian Shakespeare burlesques reveal an alternate literary history: a movement away from private, novelistic consciousness toward collaborative performance. Many materialist scholars fault post-Romantic critics for casting Shakespeare as a psychological realist and reading his plays as if they were novels. The burlesque treatment of Hamlet’s soliloquies, however, suggests a contrary trajectory, challenging the equation of Shakespearean character with psychological reflection. Rather than inaugurating a tradition of interiority, Hamlet’s soliloquies generate social speech in works like Gilbert’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, inviting audience participation. The burlesque imperative also inflects novels like Dickens’s Great Expectations, turning the …
'Another Key' To Act Five Of A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
'Another Key' To Act Five Of A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner offers evidence as to why editors might choose to assign speeches in Act Five of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream either to Philostrate or to Egeus.