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Author: Christopher Cairns
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-01-04
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0429640366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1999, this book is a critical analysis of Renaissance theatre, including chapters on speaking theatres, performing theatre and redesigning Shakespeare.
Author: Martin White
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1134917813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenaissance 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. This refreshingly accessible volume: * examines the history of the plays on the English stage from the seventeenth century to the present day * explores questions arising from reconstructions, with particular reference to the new Globe Theatre * includes interviews with, and draws on the work and experience of modern theatre practitioners including Harriet Walter, Matthew Warchus, Trevor Nunn, Stephen Jeffreys, Adrian Noble and Helen Mirren * includes discussions of familiar plays such as The Duchess of Malfi and 'Tis Pity She's A Whore, as well as many lesser known play-texts Renaissance Drama in Action offers undergraduates and A-level students an invaluable guide to the characteristics of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, and its relationship to contemporary theatre and staging.
Author: Christopher Cairns
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Limited
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780754600077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume along with a previous one (on The English and Italian Theatre) include many of the papers given at a conference held at the Globe Theatre in August 1997. The essays examine a range of themes related to Renaissance dramatic production, including costume and stage design, the representation of theatrical figures in texts and illustrations, as well as on the stage; what dramatic texts may reveal about their staging, and comparisons and contrasts between English and continental traditions.
Author: Barnard Hewitt
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2011-10-01
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781258153434
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Author: André Lascombes
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9789004097742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of nineteen essays focuses on the ways in which, in England, France and Spain, the Renaissance made propagandistic, or aesthetic, use of the image in various spectacles. Under surface differences between genres, what emerges is a surprising similarity in tactics and response, which invites further questioning about image elaboration and its reception.
Author: Rosalind Kerr
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 144261949X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Tracing the historical progress of actresses from their earliest appearances as sideshow attractions to revered divas, Rosalind Kerr explores the ways in which actresses commodified their sexual and cultural appeal. Newly translated archival material, iconographic evidence, literary texts, and theatrical scripts provide a rich repertoire through which Kerr demonstrates how actresses skillfully improvised roles such as the maidservant, the prima donna, and the transvestite heroine. Following the careers of early stars such as Flaminia of Rome, Vincenza Armani, Vittoria Piissimi, and Isabella Andreini, Kerr shows how their fame arose from the combination of dazzling technical mastery and eloquent powers of persuasion. Seamlessly integrating the Italian and English scholarly literature on the subject, The Rise of the Diva is an insightful analysis of one of the modern world’s first celebrity cultures.
Author: Andre Lascombes
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-08-14
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9004617167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of nineteen essays focuses on the ways in which, in England, France and Spain, the Renaissance made propagandistic, or aesthetic, use of the image in various spectacles. Under surface differences between genres, what emerges is a surprising similarity in tactics and response, which invites further questioning about image elaboration and its reception.
Author: Emanuel Buttigieg
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-04-21
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1441102434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order - functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility - provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisation, within which he could seek offices and status. This process was delineated by a complex interaction of internal factors - hierarchy, patriarchy and age - set within external mechanisms such as papal patronage and interference. This book is innovative in its methodology, drawing on a wide range of sources and applying historiographical approaches not previously brought to bear on the Order.
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-05-10
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780521001472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.
Author: Jochen Schenk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-10-26
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1315460874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForty papers link the study of the military orders’ cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two volumes, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe respectively, the collection brings together the most up-to-date research by experts from fifteen countries on a kaleidoscope of relevant themes and issues, thus offering a broad-ranging and at the same time very detailed study of the subject.
