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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... perhaps , at occasional ' authentic ' presentations ) is the difference in the actual sound made by the voices of Elizabethan actors and their modern counterparts . Peter Hall , for example , who describes Elizabethan pronunciation as ...
... Perhaps unsurprisingly , the line is generally cut . In such cases , readers and actors at least know they need to look the words up . A more insidious problem is posed by words that still exist in modern usage , and whose modern ...
... perhaps take toy to refer to Beatrice- Joanna's professed fears which are , in her father's opinion , trifling , and this meaning , again shared by the Jacobeans and us , is also satisfying in the context of the scene . But there are a ...
... perhaps Middleton intended both images Lust and Prudence - to be read simultaneously , so producing a marked tension of response in those in the audience who recognised the emblematic representations and matching the fusion of comic and ...
... perhaps , to leave space for implicit stage movement . There is usually a pause in each line - called the caesura - which is normally placed after the second or third stressed syllable . This pause may pro- vide a breathing space ...
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 |