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The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre
Contributor(s): Dillon, Janette (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521542510     ISBN-13: 9780521542517
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2006
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Annotation: This introduction offers an overview of early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Where most existing studies focus on one side or the other of an imaginary boundary between ???medieval??? and ???early modern??? or ???Renaissance??? drama, this book examines the theatre of nearly three centuries in a way that highlights continuities as well as divisions. The study is organised into five subject-based chapters: Place and space; Actors and audiences; Writers, controllers and critics; Genre and tradition; Instruction and spectacle. It includes full chronologies, helpful text boxes and over twenty illustrations.
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 792.094
LCCN: 2006284088
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.04" W x 8.96" L (1.11 lbs) 312 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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This introduction offers an overview of early English theatre from the earliest recorded vernacular texts in the late medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Where most existing studies focus on one side or the other of an imaginary boundary between 'medieval' and 'early modern' or 'Renaissance' drama, this book examines the theatre of nearly three centuries in a way that highlights continuities as well as divisions. The study is organised into five subject-based chapters: Place and space; Actors and audiences; Writers, controllers and critics; Genre and tradition; Instruction and spectacle. It includes full chronologies, helpful text boxes and over twenty illustrations.

Contributor Bio(s): Dillon, Janette: - Janette Dillon is Professor of Drama at the School of English, University of Nottingham.
 
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