{"title":"Kate Flaherty","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKate Flaherty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Flaherty is a lecturer in English and Drama at the Australian National University. She has first-class honours in English from the University of Sydney, an MA in Theatre Studies from the University of Leeds, UK and a PhD from the University of Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate has published several essays on contemporary Shakespeare performance in Australia, and is co-editing a collection on Shakespeare and Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate lives in Canberra with her husband and their three children\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ours-as-we-play-it-australia-plays-shakespeare","title":"Ours As We Play It: Australia plays Shakespeare","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/kate-flaherty\"\u003eKate Flaherty\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy closely examining Shakespeare’s plays as they’ve never been studied before – performed by Australian theatre companies in contemporary Australia – Kate Flaherty, argues that Shakespeare’s plays cannot help but resonate with local concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlaherty analyses several contemporary Australian productions of three Shakespeare plays; exploring masculinity and madness in \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, the role of landscape and the multiple roles of Rosalind in \u003cem\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/em\u003e, and hierarchies of gender and social order re-imagined in relation to Australian understandings of power in \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOurs as We Play It\u003c\/em\u003e draws together a wealth of primary resources from theatre archives and rehearsal rooms, including images, reviews, and interviews with practitioners, to compose a picture of Shakespeare’s plays as they are performed in the Australian context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eOurs As We Play It\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Flaherty] richly evokes the theatrical event that so vexes scholars of the ephemeral and for this the book is a worthy addition to Australian theatre history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eROB CONKIE, THE AGE\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her excellent book, Kate Flaherty offers insightful explanations for curious theatrical trends [in Australia]. And because there is so little scholarship on contemporary Australian productions of Shakespeare, every page is fresh and exciting…Required reading for theatre nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eCLAIRE WILLIAMS, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003ccite\u003eBook details\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePUBLICATION DATE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMAT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXTENT:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIZE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 235 x 155 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9781742582627\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRIGHTS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCATEGORY:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/art-and-photography\"\u003eArt, Photography and Design\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/kate-flaherty\"\u003eKate Flaherty\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/uwap-scholarly\"\u003eUWAP Scholarly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"UWAP UWS PUBLISHING","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":44840521564360,"sku":"9781742582627","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44840521597128,"sku":"9781742582628","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/4573\/products\/ours_as_we_play_it.jpg?v=1403836239"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/4573\/collections\/KateFlahertyphoto.jpg?v=1404782779","url":"https:\/\/uwap.uwa.edu.au\/collections\/kate-flaherty\/updated.oembed","provider":"UWA Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}