Shakespeare on the Noongar stage : language revival and Hecate
Bracknell, Clint, 1981-2024
Book
The first adaption of a complete Shakespeare play entirely in one Australian Aboriginal language, this books track the passionate project of language recovery and restoration into a highly successful mainstage production. The play Hecate is a landmark work in both theatre and language restoration. The Noongar language of the southwest of Western Australia is a critically endangered language impacted by settler-colonialism and suppressed until the 1970s. This book contains the complete play, a glossary, and chapters outlining the process of creating and then producing a play onto a professional stage with a Noongar cast working as both language learners and performers, where song became their catalyst to success. Premiering to critical acclaim in Perth Festival 2020, Hecate is a ground-breaking and audacious adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth in the Noongar language and from a Noongar perspective.
Main title:
Shakespeare on the Noongar stage : language revival and Hecate / Clint Bracknell & Kylie Bracknell.
Author:
Imprint:
Perth, Western Australia : Upswell, 2024.©2024
Collation:
283 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.In English and the Noongar language.
ISBN:
97806452480810645248088
Dewey class:
822822.33/SHA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2207686