Act break 4: the bear stage
Act break 4: the bear stage
The animal remains at baiting arenas represent a unique set of archaeological fauna, exceptional in that their location connects them clearly to a wealth of documentary and literary evidence about their lifetime activities. Box Office Bears is a new research project that puts into dialogue this archaeological and documentary evidence with ancient-DNA analysis, asking new questions about baiting as a form of play: a game, a performance, a sport, an opportunity to bet, kinetic combat around which to excitedly crowd. This 'act break' will explore this predominantly non-verbal performance and non-human spectacle across the full range of expertise of our project, and ask what it means to think about Shakespearean play via bears.
Davies, Callan
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Charlton, Sophy
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Kesson, Andy
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Lewis, Liam
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O'Regan, Hannah
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Wright, Lizzie
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8 August 2024
Davies, Callan
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Charlton, Sophy
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Kesson, Andy
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Lewis, Liam
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O'Regan, Hannah
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Wright, Lizzie
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Davies, Callan, Charlton, Sophy, Kesson, Andy, Lewis, Liam, O'Regan, Hannah and Wright, Lizzie
(2024)
Act break 4: the bear stage.
In,
Munro, Lucy, Massai, Sonia, Karim-Cooper, Farah, McMullan, Gordon and Whipday, Emma
(eds.)
Shakespeare/Play: Contemporary Readings in Playing, Playmaking and Performance.
1 ed.
Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Abstract
The animal remains at baiting arenas represent a unique set of archaeological fauna, exceptional in that their location connects them clearly to a wealth of documentary and literary evidence about their lifetime activities. Box Office Bears is a new research project that puts into dialogue this archaeological and documentary evidence with ancient-DNA analysis, asking new questions about baiting as a form of play: a game, a performance, a sport, an opportunity to bet, kinetic combat around which to excitedly crowd. This 'act break' will explore this predominantly non-verbal performance and non-human spectacle across the full range of expertise of our project, and ask what it means to think about Shakespearean play via bears.
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Published date: 8 August 2024
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Local EPrints ID: 486660
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486660
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Last modified: 01 Feb 2024 03:07
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Author:
Callan Davies
Author:
Sophy Charlton
Author:
Andy Kesson
Author:
Liam Lewis
Author:
Hannah O'Regan
Author:
Lizzie Wright
Editor:
Lucy Munro
Editor:
Sonia Massai
Editor:
Farah Karim-Cooper
Editor:
Gordon McMullan
Editor:
Emma Whipday
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