by John Fletcher
Season 2, Episode 7: Orientalism and (Barbie’s) Island Princess
Hosted by Genevieve Henderson, Fawzia Istrabadi, and Christopher Niesner
Points of Interest:
- Wait… BARBIE’s Island Princess?
- Major events of Fletcher’s play
- The contexts of both colonialism and Orientalism at work in Fletcher’s play
- Close reading Quisara and tropes of Islamophobia
- The power dynamics of strong female characters in a post-Elizabethan world
- The Island Princess and perilous production history
Episode Transcript and Bibliography available here.
Season 2, Episode 8: Environmental Peril and Christian Propaganda
Hosted by Nic Holtman and Fallon Smyl
Points of Interest:
- Act 2 hyperfocus
- Christian imagery, particularly pro-Church of England propaganda
- Ecocritical lens applied to the peril of fire on stage
- Bringing The Island Princess to the big screen
- The boys singing to welcome back the King of Bacan + colonial implications of musical composition in staging practice
Episode Transcript and Bibliography available here.
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