Playing and playgoing in early modern England : actor, audience and performance /
Smith, Simon,1984-editor.
Whipday, Emma,editor.
"This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of dramatic meaning-making, Playing and Playgoing argues that the study of theatrical culture is crucial to the scholarly investigation of dramatic texts. Working with and reflecting upon approaches drawn from literary scholarship, theatre history, and performance studies, it seeks to advance the critical conversation on the interactions between: play-texts; performance spaces; the bodily, sensory and material experiences of the playhouse; and playgoers' responses to, and engagements with, the theatre. Through alternative methodological and theoretical approaches, previously unknown or overlooked evidence, and fresh questions asked of long-familiar materials, the volume offers a timely and significant intervention in the field of Shakespeare and early modern drama"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of dramatic meaning-making, Playing and Playgoing argues that the study of theatrical culture is crucial to the scholarly investigation of dramatic texts. Working with and reflecting upon approaches drawn from literary scholarship, theatre history, and performance studies, it seeks to advance the critical conversation on the interactions between: play-texts; performance spaces; the bodily, sensory and material experiences of the playhouse; and playgoers' responses to, and engagements with, the theatre. Through alternative methodological and theoretical approaches, previously unknown or overlooked evidence, and fresh questions asked of long-familiar materials, the volume offers a timely and significant intervention in the field of Shakespeare and early modern drama"--
Theater
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Theater audiences
Theater audiences
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616