Staging spectatorship in the plays of Philip Massinger / Joanne Rochester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rochester, Joanne, author.

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640--Criticism and interpretation.

Massinger, Philip.

Theater audiences in literature.

Visual perception in literature.

Theater audiences--England--History--17th century.

Theater audiences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman Actor, masques-within in The City Madam, and the titular miniature portrait of The Picture - she analyzes Massinger's assumptions about interpretation, perception and spectator response.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "What Doe wee acte to day?" Plays within the Play: The Roman Actor; 2 "For your sport / You shall see a masterpiece": Masques-within in The Picture, The Guardian and The City Madam; 3 "Speculations / On cheating pictures": Visual Art as Dramatic Inset: The Picture; Conclusion: "Make your howse the stage on which weel act / Our comick sceane"; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612524936

9781351898188

1351898183

9781351898195

1351898191

9781315242484

1315242486

9781282524934

1282524933

9780754699385

0754699382

OCLC:

647902048