Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance
Dr Tiffany Stern editor Dr Farah Karim Cooper editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:23rd Oct '14
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A landmark collection of essays giving a sustained analysis of theatre technologies in early modern England and how they affected the drama of the time.
A landmark collection of essays by leading scholars, giving a sustained analysis of theatre technologies in early modern England and how they effected the drama of the time.
How did Elizabethan and Jacobean acting companies create their visual and aural effects? What materials were available to them and how did they influence staging and writing? What impact did the sensations of theatre have on early modern audiences? How did the construction of the playhouses contribute to technological innovations in the theatre? What effect might these innovations have had on the writing of plays?
Shakespeare's Theatres and The Effects of Performance is a landmark collection of essays by leading international scholars addressing these and other questions to create a unique and comprehensive overview of the practicalities and realities of the theatre in the early modern period.
The volume is a useful touchstone for scholars working on the senses, as well as being an authoritative introduction to the possible reception of the plays in early modern theatres -- Johann Gregory, University of East Anglia, UK * Notes and Queries *
This collection's successful three-part structure ... investigates the fabric of early modern theatre-houses, the technologies of staging bodies and drama's evocation of the senses. The wonderfully diverse range of subjects brings this all to life. -- Eleanor Decamp * Around the Globe *
With the opening of another reconstructed (or ‘reimagined’) early modern theatre in the Sam Wanamaker playhouse, and continued experimentation around the performance and practice of early modern drama more generally, this is a timely and thought-provoking volume about how the companies enacted and produced theatrical effects... -- Eoin Price, Eleanor Collins, Helen F. Smith, Chloe Preedy And Jem Bloomfield * Year's Work in English Studies *
All the essays in this collection heighten our perception of the differences between early modern and contemporary theatrical spaces, conventions, and cultures. They provide an insightful account of early modern theater that both facilitates and complicates attempts to recreate early modern plays in the spirit and practice of their Elizabethan counterparts. * Shakespeare Newsletter *
ISBN: 9781472558596
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 313g
320 pages