Shakespeare in the Theatre: Reduced Shakespeare Company
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 22 January 2026
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781350457614
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 13 bw illus 700
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Short description:
The first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this book explores the troupe's four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades.
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The first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this book explores the troupe's four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company represent an American tale of how a small-scale, open-air troupe specialising in fast-paced, irreverent reductions of prominent topics have, since their formation in 1981, gradually expanded into a global theatre brand whose first play, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), ran continuously for nine years in London's West End and has been translated into thirty-eight languages.
Drawing on previously unexamined archival material, as well as author interviews with the company's five key players and attendance at rehearsals and performances in America and Britain, this book stands as the first dedicated study of this other RSC, presenting a critical analysis of the company's signature blend of audience interaction, metatheatre, parody, pop culture references, Shakespearean intertextuality and vaudevillian humour.
Each chapter is arranged to address a specific period within the RSC's history of Shakespearean adaptation, offering a detailed exposition of their four major Shakespearean works over the past four decades. The book's epilogue considers their influence and legacy, submits a blueprint for reduction and contextualises the company within the ecosystem of contemporary performance.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
List of Abbreviations
Series Preface
Introduction: The Other RSC
1. 'Give us your cash, if we be friends': The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (1981-1992)
2. 'It's audio footnote time!': The Reduced Shakespeare Company Radio Show (1993-1994)
3. 'It's a faux-lio!': William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged) (2010-2018)
4. An Interview with Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor: The Comedy of Hamlet! (a prequel) (2019-2024)
Epilogue: The Rest is Reduction
Notes
References
Index
