(Re)claiming the canon : a new lens for the staging of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Theatre and Film, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Silvestre Fernandes, Luciana
issued: 2020-05-07T16:56:48Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Fine Arts - MFA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis examines the production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling I directed as part of UBC's 2019-2020 season as a case study for re-framing classical and canonized narratives from an inter-sectional feminist lens. This was an expressionistic production, focused on embodying trauma and presenting the story from Beatrice-Joanna’s perspective. My project addresses the scarcity of production-based analysis in the academic dialogue, providing a practitioner's perspective. I discuss the importance of (re)claiming early modern scripts, the problematic misogynistic tropes of which are evidenced by the treatment of Beatrice-Joanna’s sexual assault in current scholarship and productions. In this thesis, I deconstruct the process of creation—from concept development, through text analysis, design development, and rehearsal practices; and finally, I reflect on the final product and its audiences.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/74359
note: (RE)CLAIMING THE CANON: A NEW LENS FOR THE STAGING OF THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY’S THE CHANGELING by Luciana Silvestre Fernandes B.A., Dalhousie University, 2012 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Theatre) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2020 © Luciana Silvestre Fernandes, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: (RE)CLAIMING THE CANNON: A NEW LENS FOR THE STAGING OF THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY’S THE CHANGELING submitted by Luciana Silvestre Fernandes in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Examining Committee: Lois Anderson, Adjunct Professor, Theatre, UBC Supervisor Stephen Heatley, Professor and Department Head, Theatre, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Patricia Badir, Professor and Department Head, English, UBC Additional Examiner iii Abstract This thesis examines the production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling I directed as part of UBC's 2019-2020 season as a case study for re-framing classical and canonized narratives from an inter-sectional feminist lens. This was an expressionistic production, focused on embodying trauma and presenting the story from Beatrice-Joanna’s perspective. My project addresses the scarcity of production-based analysis in the academic dialogue, providing a practitioner's perspective. I discuss the importance of (re)claiming early modern scripts, the problematic misogynistic tropes of which are evidenced by the treatment of Beatrice-Joanna’s sexual assault in current scholarship and productions. In this thesis, I deconstruct the process of creation—from concept development, through text analysis, design development, and rehearsal practices; and finally, I reflect on the final product an…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0390415
language: eng
degree discipline: Theatre
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74359