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King/Cate: Stardom, Aura, and the Stage Figure in the Sydney Theatre Company's Production of Richard II

Glen McGillivray
Publisher: Journals Gateway
TDR/The Drama Review (2010) 54 (3 (207)): 158–163.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/DRAM_a_00010
Published: 01 September 2010
Abstract
Spectatorship in the theatre is a complex business—particularly when a star is involved. So how does one separate the star from her aura and the actor from her role? When Cate Blanchett was cast as Richard II, her film-star aura concatenated with the mystery of kingly presence through the operation of the Stage Figure.
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