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Imagining the audience in early modern drama, 1558-1642

Low, Jennifer A., 1962-, Myhill, Nova, 1970-

Overview

\"The role of the audience takes on new importance when performance is reconceived as a dialectical activity. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between dramatic performance and audience in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. That relationship is complicated by multiple conceptions of the audience: playwrights imagine their audiences; actors address them; the audience actually attending the play is yet another entity. The authors combine theatre history and cultural analysis with examinations of plays and productions to explore how those involved in early modern productions conceived of their audience, how audiences shaped the dramas they watched, and even how the roles of actor and audience member sometimes merged\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. / Theater audiences England History 16th century. / English drama 17th century History and criticism. / Theater audiences England History 17th century. / Theater England History. / LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh / LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama / LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare / PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
• ISBN: 9780230110649, 0230110649

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR658.A88 I43 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE