Cover art for Shakespeare on the Noongar Stage
Published
Upswell, April 2024
ISBN
9780645248081
Format
Softcover, 288 pages
Dimensions
21cm × 15.1cm × 2.4cm

Shakespeare on the Noongar Stage Language Revival and Hecate

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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.

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