A cultural history of theatre in the early modern age / edited by Robert Henke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Henke, Robert, 1955- editor.

Series:

Cultural history of theatre ; v. 3.

Cultural History of Theatre ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Theater.

Theater--History--16th century.

Theater--History--17th century.

Theater and society.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Institutional Frameworks for Theatre, 1400-1650: Mapping Theatrical Resources / Robert Henke

2. Social Functions: Audience Participation, Efficacious Entertainment / Erika T. Lin

3. Sexuality and Gender: The Early Modern Theatrical Body / Eric Nicholson

4. The Environment of Theatre: Urbanization and Theatre Building in Early Modern Europe / Karen Newman

5. Circulation: Aristocratic, Commercial, Religious and Artistic Networks / Pavel Drabek

6. Interpretations: Antitheatrical Thinking and the Rise of `Theatre' / Stefan Hulfeld

7. Communities of Production: Lives In and Out of the Theatre / William N. West

8. Repertoire and Genres: Culture and Society / Friedemann Kreuder

9. Technologies of Performance: From Mystery Plays to them Italian Order / Blair Hoxby

10. Knowledge Transmission: Theatre at the Crossroads of Concept, Medium and Practice / Ellen Mackay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

135027769X

9781350277694

OCLC:

1258669739

Publisher Number:

99990508468