Costume in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. --
Costume in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. --

Author: M Channing (Marie Channing) Linthicum

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9781013567346

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Shakespeare's Theatre
Shakespeare's Theatre

Author: Hugh Macrae Richmond

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9780826477767

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Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare's time, with an explanation of their origins>

Costuming the Shakespearean Stage
Costuming the Shakespearean Stage

Author: Robert I. Lublin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-13

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1317159012

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Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama, until now, no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and, more importantly, how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary audiences. Robert Lublin's new study considers royal proclamations, religious writings, paintings, woodcuts, plays, historical accounts, sermons, and legal documents to investigate what Shakespearean actors actually wore in production and what cultural information those costumes conveyed. Four of the chapters of Costuming the Shakespearean Stage address 'categories of seeing': visually based semiotic systems according to which costumes constructed and conveyed information on the early modern stage. The four categories include gender, social station, nationality, and religion. The fifth chapter examines one play, Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess, to show how costumes signified across the categories of seeing to establish a play's distinctive semiotics and visual aesthetic.

Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama
Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama

Author: Farah Karim-Cooper

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0748677097

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This original study examines how the plays of Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists reflect and engage with the early modern discourse of cosmetics.

Elizabethan Jacobean Drama
Elizabethan Jacobean Drama

Author: Blakemore G. Evans

Publisher: New Amsterdam Books

Published: 1998-04-21

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1461710790

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The purpose of this absorbing collection is to illuminate the world of the theatre by setting it squarely in its historical context. To that end, Professor Evans draws on the whole spectrum of Elizabethan-Jacobean writing, from official documents to diaries and letters. Part I, The Theatre and the World, deals, through contemporary writings, with the drama itself, the audiences and their responses, theatrical companies, acting and actors, and buildings and technical matters. Part II, The Worlds and the Theatre, illustrates how the problems of everyday life, complicated as they were by moral, religious, social, political, and economic issues, provided an ever-fruitful source of materials to the dramatists who practiced their craft during this extraordinarily creative period.

Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Theatres
Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Theatres

Author: Jean MacIntyre

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780888642264

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The scripts of the Admiral's Men (later Prince Henry's Men), the Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) boy actors and Worcester's/Queen Anne's Men are examined in detail to document the differing costume practices of these companies, especially the ways in which in their earlier days they reconciled visual splendor with the greatest possible economy.

Shakespeare and Costume
Shakespeare and Costume

Author: Patricia Lennox

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1472532503

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Inspired by new approaches in performance studies, theatre history, research in material culture and dress history, a rich discussion of the many aspects of costume in Shakespearean performance has begun. Shakespeare and Costume furthers this research, bringing together varied and stimulating essays by leading scholars that consider costume from literary, dramatic, design, performative and theatrical perspectives, as well as interviews with renowned theatre practitioners Jane Greenwood and Robert Morgan. The volume amply demonstrates how an analysis of the meaning of costume enriches our understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Beginning with an overview of the stage history of Shakespeare and costume, the volume looks at the historical context of clothing in the plays, considering topics such as royal self-fashioning, festive livery practices, and conceptions of race and gender exhibited in clothing choice, as well as costume in performance. Drawing on documentary evidence in designers' renderings, illustrations in periodicals, paintings, photographs, newspaper reviews and actors' memoirs, the volume also explores costume designs in specific Shakespeare productions from the re-opening of the London theatres in 1660 to the present day.