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'The Winter's Tale:' Liminality and Communitas in Analysis and Performance

Lauer, Benjamin
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In my thesis, I analyze Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" using the works of Victor Turner and Mikhail Bakhtin, searching the text for liminality, carnival, and communitas. The thesis accounts for a production of the play that I directed in Fall 2012, in which we sought to create liminal theatrical experiences for the audience, bringing them into a state of communitas. The extension of agency and community to the audience parallels the play's "opening," which occurs in the second half in its pastoral scenes.
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Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.
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2013-04-01
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Theatre, Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Liminality, Communitas, Victor Turner, Carnival, Direct Address, Universal Lighting, Social Drama, Mummers' Play, Robin Hood Play, Folk Drama
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Wolf, Laurie J.
Friedman, Laura
Wiley, Elizabeth
Palmer, Richard H.
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Theatre, Speech & Dance
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