Renaissance Drama in ActionRenaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the issues involved in staging the plays today. |
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... Drawings for a conversion to a playhouse , probably the Phoenix ( or Cockpit ) in Drury Lane , c . 1616 . 7 Photographs of a full - scale , candle - lit reconstruction of an indoor playhouse , based on the Inigo Jones Drawings ...
... draw attention to these inventions : my leg is not altogether unpropitiously shaped . There's a word : ' unpropitiously ' ! I think I shall speak as ' unpropitiously ' as any courtier in Italy . ( 2.1.106-9 ) A cluster of such overtly ...
... Drawing his bow shooting an amorous dart , Opposite him an arrow in a heart , In a third corner picture forth disdain A cruel fate unto a loving vain . In the fourth draw a springtime laurel tree Circled about with a ring of poesie ...
... draw this unit of the scene to a close . It is clear , therefore , that Rowley ( whose scene this probably is ) has used shifts from verse to prose not for charac- terisation ( Jasperino speaks verse and prose ) but to guide the focus ...
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Contents
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Speeches well pronounced with action lively | 58 |
outdoor playing spaces | 109 |
indoor playing spaces | 144 |
some comic irresolutions | 177 |
Renaissance drama | 197 |
New plays for old Richard Brome and Stephen | 217 |
Postscript | 233 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 259 |
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Renaissance Drama in Action: An Introduction to Aspects of Theatre Practice ... Martin White No preview available - 1998 |