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Jacobean Public Theatre

Alexander Leggatt
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      The public playhouses of Jacobean London, and the popular drama they produced, were a vital part of English theatre history. Yet this work has too often been neglected by conventional literary criticism. This book recovers this vigorous popular drama for the modern reader by presenting the plays not as literary texts, but as scripts and using them to examine contemporary acting, production and performance values. The imaginative use of spectacle, the social meaning of theatrical gesture, the close proximity of actor and spectator, the shared moral and political values made these playhouses a highly communal experience. In addition to its close study of popular dramaturgy and performance conventions, this book surveys the nature of the popular audience, its culture and its contribution to performance. It concludes with a close examination of four major plays, including "King Lear", which emerges in an unexpected light as a play that draws creatively on the conventions of popular theatre.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alexander Leggatt EAN: 9780415010481 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-10-22 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      England, Theatre studies, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social and cultural history

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      The public playhouses of Jacobean London, and the popular drama they produced, were a vital part of English theatre history. Yet this work has too often been neglected by conventional literary criticism. This book recovers this vigorous popular drama for the modern reader by presenting the plays not as literary texts, but as scripts and using them to examine contemporary acting, production and performance values. The imaginative use of spectacle, the social meaning of theatrical gesture, the close proximity of actor and spectator, the shared moral and political values made these playhouses a highly communal experience. In addition to its close study of popular dramaturgy and performance conventions, this book surveys the nature of the popular audience, its culture and its contribution to performance. It concludes with a close examination of four major plays, including "King Lear", which emerges in an unexpected light as a play that draws creatively on the conventions of popular theatre.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alexander Leggatt EAN: 9780415010481 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 544 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-10-22 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      England, Theatre studies, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social and cultural history

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