From Messina to Delhi: Much Ado about Staging Global Shakespeares in Olympic Times

IF 0.1 3区社会学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

SEDERI-Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI:10.34136/sederi.2013.3

Sofía Muñoz-Valdivieso

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The present article discusses one of the contributions of the Royal Shakespeare Company to the World Shakespeare Festival, a celebration of the Bard as the world’s playwright that took place in the UK in 2012 as part of the so-called Cultural Olympiad. Iqbal Khan directed for the RSC an all-Indian production of the comedy Much Ado about Nothing that transposed the actions from early modern Messina to contemporary Delhi and presented its story of love, merry war of wits and patriarchal domination in a colourful setting that recreated a world of tradition and modernity. Received with mixed reviews that in general applauded the vibrant relocation while criticising some directorial choices, this 2012 Much Ado about Nothing in modern-day Delhi raises a number of questions about cultural ownership and Shakespeare’s international performance – issues that are particularly relevant if we see the play in relation to other productions of the World Shakespeare Festival in this Olympic year but also in the context of the increasing internationalization of Shakespeare’s cultural capital in contemporary times.

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从墨西拿到德里:在奥林匹克时代上演全球莎翁剧的种种烦恼

这篇文章讨论了皇家莎士比亚剧团对2012年在英国举办的世界莎士比亚戏剧节的贡献之一，作为所谓的文化奥林匹克的一部分，这个戏剧节是为了庆祝这位吟游诗人是世界上最伟大的剧作家。伊克巴尔·汗(Iqbal Khan)为皇家莎士比亚剧团(RSC)执导了一部全印度制作的喜剧《无话可说》(Much Ado about Nothing)，将故事情节从现代早期的墨西拿(Messina)转移到当代的德里(Delhi)，并在色彩缤纷的背景下呈现了爱情、欢乐的斗智斗艳和父权统治的故事，再现了一个传统与现代并存的世界。收到的评价褒贬不一，总体上对充满活力的搬迁表示赞赏，但对一些导演的选择提出了批评，2012年在现代德里举办的这场无事生非的活动引发了一系列关于文化所有权和莎士比亚国际表演的问题——如果我们将这部戏剧与今年奥运年世界莎士比亚节的其他作品联系起来，以及在当代莎士比亚文化资本日益国际化的背景下，这些问题就显得尤为重要。

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期刊介绍： SEDERI, Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies, is an annual open-access publication devoted to current criticism and scholarship on English Renaissance Studies. It is peer-reviewed by external referees, following a double-blind policy.