Stages and playgoers
Subtitle: from guild plays to Shakespeare
By: Janet Hill.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca , [NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Technique.; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.; Mysteries and miracle plays, English -- History and criticism.; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.; Theater audiences -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Theater audiences -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Theater audiences -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Drama -- Technique.; Soliloquy.
Description: "The tradition of direct address has little to do with the frequently touted notion of the "fluidity of the Renaissance stage": the point is not that stage characters can talk to the audience but that they actually do reach out to the playgoers and in so doing import aspects of the audience world to the stage. These exchanges appear frequently in late-medieval drama and continue to be crucial stage strategies for Shakespeare, in whose work they grow and change."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.