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Hand, Richard 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-1435
(2016)
‘Brand New Ancient Legends’: Creating Werewolves for a Welsh Halloween.
Revenant, 1 (2).
pp. 146-173.
ISSN 2397-8791
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Abstract
Research and pedagogical interest in Grand-Guignol and popular horror performance at the University of South Wales has led to the commissioned creation of an annual public Halloween event for a council in Wales. In 2015, the event took place at a Nature Reserve with the theme of ‘Werewolves’. This article gives an account of this Practice-as-Research project, in which a large ensemble developed skills in various areas: writers investigated the lycanthropic folklore and culture of Wales and beyond; performers trained in storytelling and physical performance; and a technical and stage management team facilitated the overall experience. This article gives a detailed account of the cultural context, creative process and final production of the 2015 ‘Werewolves’ event. In so doing, it demonstrates how an ensemble working intensively on a focused project with a willing audience can present an example of a negotiated horror world through which the seeming oxymoron of a ‘brand new ancient legend’ can be inaugurated. - See more at: http://www.revenantjournal.com/contents/brand-new-ancient-legends-creating-werewolves-for-a-welsh-halloween/#sthash.cUeHFlnQ.dpuf
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | halloween,wales,werewolves,practice-as-research,grand-guignol theatre |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2017 02:39 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2023 17:28 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62174 |
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