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Asian Theatre Journal

ISSN 0742-5457

1 paper in the library · 12 citations · publishing 2011

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Shamanism in Korean Hamlet s since 1990: Exorcising Han

Asian Theatre Journal March 1, 2011 Hyon-u Lee 12 citations

During the Korean Shakespeare boom of the last twenty years, Hamlet has been performed more than any other drama. Hamlet productions admired by Korean audiences and critics have, like other successful Shakespeare productions in the same period, shared a common tendency for Koreanization in respect of style and theme. The Koreanization of Hamlet productions, in particular, is closely connected...