Shakespeare's theatres and the effects of performance / edited by Farah Karim-Cooper and Tiffany Stern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karim-Cooper, Farah, editor.

Stern, Tiffany, editor.

Series:

Arden Shakespeare library.

Arden Shakespeare library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Theater--England--History--16th century.

Theater.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A landmark collection of essays giving a sustained analysis of theatre technologies in early modern England and how they affected the drama of the time.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; Part One: The Fabric of Early Modern Theatres; Chapter One: 'This Wide and Universal Theatre': The Theatre as Prop in Shakespeare's Metadrama; Chapter Two: Storm Effects in Shakespeare; Chapter Three: Performing Materiality: Curtains on the Early Modern Stage; Part Two: Technologies of the Body; Chapter Four: 'They eat each other's arms': Stage Blood and Body Parts; Chapter Five: Cosmetic Transformations; Chapter Six: Costume, Disguise and Self-display; Chapter Seven: Character Acting

Part Three: The Sensory StageChapter Eight: Within, Without, Withinwards: The Circulation of Sound in Shakespeare's Theatre; Chapter Nine: 'As Dirty as Smithfield and as Stinking Every Whit': The Smell of the Hope Theatre; Chapter Ten: Touch and Taste in Shakespeare's Theatres; Chapter Eleven: 'Sight and Spectacle'; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781408157053

1408157055

9781408174647

1408174642