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Open-air Shakespeares have played an important role in the establishment of an arts-festival culture in Australia. This chapter considers open-air Shakespeare productions that have been staged within the context of major arts festivals in Australia (particularly in Perth, Adelaide, and Brisbane) and the phenomenon of the regional Shakespeare festival where performances are often supported by pageants, fairs, and community events that take Shakespeare into the street. A key example discussed here is the University of Southern Queensland’s (USQ) Shakespeare in the Park Festival in Toowoomba.
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Gaby, R. (2014). Pageants and Festivals: Shakespeare in the Street. In: Open-Air Shakespeare: Under Australian Skies. Global Shakespeares. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137426864_3
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