The Elizabethan Dumb Show (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Dieter Mehl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1136832300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a useful manual for those who wish to check the occurrence of dumb shows and the uses to which they are put; it also makes a real contribution to a better understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama, and sheds new light on some of the lesser known plays of the period.