AHRC COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIP: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

研究的第一阶段将着眼于将该项目置于21世纪英国的参与、文化政策和业余/专业制作的更大背景下。这可能包括探索和分析皇家莎士比亚剧团自己的Open Stages计划，以及潜在地寻找工作，如约克剧院皇家剧院的神秘戏剧，Slon Low和谢菲尔德剧院的卡梅洛特和威尔士国家剧院的激情，这些作品都使用可以被描述为与国家认同相关的文字作为他们结合专业和业余表演者的作品的起点。第二阶段将由《仲夏夜之梦：探索皇家莎士比亚剧团和地区业余剧团之间的联系的国家戏剧》所产生的素材塑造。这将包括对排练、制作和参与战略的记录和分析，对专业和业余参与者和地区场馆的采访，观众和批评者的反应，以及对既定目标和最终结果的评估。这项研究将力求绘制该项目的方法图，探索这些方法论随后如何在皇家莎士比亚剧团和其他国家级制作的作品中得到应用。

The first stage of the study will look to site the project within the larger context of participation, cultural policy and amateur/professional productions in the UK in the 21st century. This could include exploration and analysis of the RSC's own Open Stages programme, as well as potentially looking at work such as York Theatre Royal's Mystery Plays, Slung Low and Sheffield Theatre's Camelot and National Theatre of Wales' The Passion which all use text's which could arguably be described as being connected to national identity as their starting point for productions combining professional and amateur performers.The second stage will be shaped by the material generated through A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation exploring the connections between the RSC and regional amateur companies. This will include documentation and analysis of rehearsal, production and participation strategy, interviews with professional and amateur participants and regional venues, audience and critical responses and evaluation of stated aims and eventual outcomes. The study will seek to map the methodologies of the project, exploring how these might be applied subsequently, both by the RSC and by other national level productions.