Shakespeare on the Arabian Peninsula

• Main Author: Hennessey, Katherine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Global Shakespeares
• Subjects: Literature, Modern.; British literature.; Civilization-History.; Europe-History.; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.; British and Irish Literature.; Cultural History.; European History.

Since the turn of the millennium, the Arabian Peninsula has produced a remarkable series of adaptations of Shakespeare. These include a 2007 production of Much Ado About Nothing, set in Kuwait in 1898; a 2011 performance in Sharjah of Macbeth, set in 9th-century Arabia; a 2013 Yemeni adaptation of T...

Table of Contents:

• 1. All the Perfumes of Arabia
• 2. Shakespeare on the Peninsula in the 20th Century
• 3. Shakespeare in the University Classroom
• 4. Shakespeare in Performance at Gulf Universities
• 5. Shakespeare on Tour in the Gulf
• 6. Shakespeare and 'New Local' theatre in the UAE and Qatar
• 7. Shakespeare in Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia
• 8. Shakespeare in Kuwait
• Conclusion.