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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... Production and direction . 4. English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan , 1500-1600 - History and criticism . 5. English drama - 17th century - History and criticism . I. Title . PN2581.W43 1998 792'.0941'09031 - dc21 97-48418 CIP ...
... production of John Ford's Love's Sacrifice . 159 Paperback cover illustration : the frontispiece to Francis Kirkman's The Wits ( 1673 ) , originally published in the edition of 1662 by Henry Marsh . The use of the depth of the stage may ...
... productions to enable me to learn more about Renaissance drama than I could ever have done otherwise . Many of them , I hope , have found pleasure in presenting to an audience plays that many critics have neglected or sold short and in ...
Martin White. productions I have learned a great deal were unconscious collaborators , their work silently observed , noted and then used to provide my examples . Others were more aware of the demands I made on them . At different times ...
... production of The Alchemist as ' like trying to read a text in Swahili ' , and David Troughton ( preparing to play Fitzdottrel in The Devil Is an Ass ) likened speaking Jonson's words to ' chewing beef stock cubes'.4 Jonson may present ...
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 |