ENGL1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Caesar Must Die, Robben Island, Head Voice
Lecture 3 – 17/08/17 – For these deep shames and great indignities:
Prison Shakespeare
Antecedents for Prison Shakespeare: Robben Island Bible
- Robben Island notorious prison where prisoners only allowed bibles so Complete Works of
Shakespeare disguised as Hindu religious text
Contemporary examples of Prison Shakespeare:
- Cicely Berry (head voice coach for London Opera) and the RSC (1984)
- Jean Trounstine (1988- i oa’s piso
First Wave (huge rush of Prison Shakespeare programs)
- Shakespeare Behind Bars (1995-)
- Prison Performing Arts (1995-)
- Brent Blair, working in juvenile prisons (1995-2005)
Second Wave:
- Shakespeare in the Courts (2001-) – juveniles sentenced to Shakespeare
- Shakespeare in Shackled (2003-) – for prisoners in solitary confinement, who began writing
adaptations
Films to watch
- Micky B (adaptation of Macbeth, written by prisoners)
- Caesar Must Die (doco/narrative about prison Shakespeare)
Parameters of Variation (where different programs have differences)
- Delving into personal history
- Rehabilitation or recreation
- Literary versus dramatic approach
- Shakespeae’s tets esus adaptatios
- Who plas the oe’s oles?
- Make up of facilitation teams (one versus many facilitators)
- Engagement and vulnerability of facilitators (degree of familiarity/formality)
- Audiences (who gets to see these)
- Duration (how long do the programs run for, dependant on prison/length of sentence)
Evaluation
- Social determinants of health
➢ Developing support structures/strategies
➢ Communication skills (particularly oral)
- Reduces recidivism (possibly)
- Reduction in incidents
➢ Slight drop in overall incidents
➢ 50% drop in violent incidents (many possible reasons)
- Additional general findings
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Document Summary
Lecture 3 17/08/17 for these deep shames and great indignities: Robben island notorious prison where prisoners only allowed bibles so complete works of. Cicely berry (head voice coach for london opera) and the rsc (1984) First wave (huge rush of prison shakespeare programs) Brent blair, working in juvenile prisons (1995-2005) Shakespeare in the courts (2001-) juveniles sentenced to shakespeare. Shakespeare in shackled (2003-) for prisoners in solitary confinement, who began writing adaptations. Micky b (adaptation of macbeth, written by prisoners) Caesar must die (doco/narrative about prison shakespeare) Parameters of variation (where different programs have differences) Make up of facilitation teams (one versus many facilitators) Duration (how long do the programs run for, dependant on prison/length of sentence) Engagement and vulnerability of facilitators (degree of familiarity/formality) 50% drop in violent incidents (many possible reasons) Increased empathy (knowing right and wrong does not help you, knowing how others view things does) Identification and exploration of patterns of behaviour (can analyse their own)
