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King/Cate: Stardom, Aura, and the Stage Figure in the Sydney Theatre Company's Production of Richard II
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 54, Number 3, Fall 2010 (T 207)
- pp. 158-163
- Article
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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.