The Business of Playing

The Business of Playing
Author: William Ingram
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801426711

Lion stage in 1567. He covers in unprecedented detail the circumstances that led in 1576 to the construction of the first three London playhouses - the Theater, the Curtain, and the playhouse at Newington Butts in Surrey. Based on a wealth of primary research, The Business of Playing will be essential reading for theater historians and others interested in the literature and the social and cultural history of the English Renaissance.

Scenes and Machines on the English Stage During the Renaissance

Scenes and Machines on the English Stage During the Renaissance
Author: Lily B. Campbell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2013-03-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107620848

This 1923 book studies the development of English staging during the Renaissance, and its relationship with the classical revival of stage decoration in Italy. The text attempts to show how from the beginning of the classical revival of drama in Italy, staging was regarded as an accepted part of dramatic production.

Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan

Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan
Author: Tiffany Stern
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2000
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0198186819

Up until now, facts about theatrical rehearsal have been considered irrecoverable. But in this groundbreaking new study, Tiffany Stern gathers together two centuries' worth of historical material which shows how actors received and responded to their parts, and how rehearsal affected thecreation and revision of plays. Plotting theatrical change over time, from the mid-sixteenth to the late eighteenth century, this book will revolutionize the fields of textual and theatre history alike.

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
Author: S. P. Cerasano
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 168393430X

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theater history to 1642. An internationally recognized board of scholars oversees the publication of MaRDiE. Readers who wish to deepen their understanding of early drama will find that the journal publishes wide-ranging discussions not only of plays and early performance history, but of topics pertaining to cultural history, as well as manuscript studies and the history of printing.