Playing indoors
Subtitle: staging early modern drama in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
By: Will Tosh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781350013889
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Stage history; Theaters; Stage-setting and scenery; History; English drama
Description: "What have we discovered about performance practice in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse since the opening of the intimate candlelit theatre at Shakespeare's Globe? Playing Indoors reveals the results of a two-year study into the performance of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama in this unique theatre, drawing together insights into early modern stage practice and the observations of today's actors and spectators. A history of the experiences of artists and audience members who experienced the space first, the book is also a study of the significance of re-imagined theatres like the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and the Globe. Accessibly written and intended for a wide audience of students, scholars, artists and theatre-goers, Playing Indoors is a valuable contribution to the young field of early modern practice-as-research."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-256) and index.