New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity documents and analyses the different ways in which a range of innovative projects take Shakespeare out into the world beyond education and the theatre. Mixing critical reflection on the social value of Shakespeare with new creative work in different forms and idioms, the volume triumphantly shows that Shakespeare can make a real contribution to contemporary civic life. Highlights include: Garrick's 1769 Shakespeare ode, its revival in 2016, and a devised performance interpretation of it; the full text of Carol Ann Duffy's A Shakespeare Masque (set to music by Sally Beamish); a new Shakespearean libretto inspired by Wagner; an exploration of the civic potential of new Shakespeare opera and ballet; a fresh Shakespeare-inspired poetic liturgy, including commissions by major British poets; a production of The Merchant of Venice marking the 500th anniversary of the Venetian Jewish Ghetto; and a remaking of Pericles as a response to the global migrant crisis.

List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsPreface by Paul EdmondsonIntroduction by Ewan FerniePart I: After Garrick1. Reviving Garrick (including An ode upon dedicating a building, and erecting a statue, to Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon by David Garrick) by Michael Dobson2. A Shakespeare Masque: Reflections on an Anniversary Commission with Sally Beamish and Carol Ann Duffy (including the words of A Shakespeare Masque by Carol Ann Duffy) by Paul Edmondson3. Shakespeare Unbard: Negotiating Civic Shakespeare by Hester Bradley and Richard O'BrienPart II: New Places; New Forms4. Communities in the Theatre and in the World: Three Ballets and a Masque by David Fuller 5. Seeing More Clearly with the Eyes of Love: A Liturgy for Voices based on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Paul Fiddes and Andrew Taylor6. The Marina Project by Katharine Craik and Ewan FerniePart III: New Places: Europe7. Shakespeare's German Place: Weimar and the Jubilees, 1864/2014 by Tobias Döring8. On Romeo and Juliet and Civic Crisis in Contemporary Verona by Silvia Bigliazzi9. Shylock in the Thinking Machine: Civic Shakespeare and the Future of Venice by Shaul Bassi10. Mastersinger Shakespeare! by Paul EdmondsonPart III: New Places: North America11. New Places for Civic Shakespeare in America by Katherine Scheil12. Shakespeare and Theatre at the Civic Intersection by David RuiterAfterword by Graham HoldernessBibliographyNotesIndex