The Cambridge introduction to early modern drama, 1572-1642 /
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Author / Creator: | Sanders, Julie, author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
Description: | xvii, 261 pages ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge introductions to literature Cambridge introductions to literature. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9978479 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: An outline of approaches taken
- Introduction: brick, lime, sand, plaster over lath, and 'new oaken boards': the early modern playhouse
- Case study A. Richard III at the Globe
- Case study B. An outdoor theatre repertoire: the Rose on Bankside
- 1. Tragedy
- Case study C. Opening scenes
- Case study D. Staging violence and the space of the stage
- 2. Revenge drama
- Case study E. 'Here in the friars': the second Blackfriars indoor playhouse
- Case study F. The social life of things: skulls on the stage
- 3. Histories
- Case study G. Title pages and plays in print
- 4. Comedy, pastoral and romantic
- Case study H. The boy actor: body, costume, and disguise
- 5. City comedies
- Case study I. The dramaturgy of scenes
- Case study J. Collaborative writing or the literary workshop
- 6. Satire
- Case study K. Topical theatre and 1605-6
- Case study L. 'Little eyases': the children's companies and repertoire
- 7. Tragicomedy
- Case study M. The visual rhetoric of dumb show
- Conclusion: The wind and the rain: the wider landscape of early modern performance
- Chronology
- Bibliography