Magic on the Early English Stage

by Philip Butterworth

Book Overview

Magic on the Early English Stage investigates the performance of magical tricks, illusions, effects and their staged appearance in the medieval and early English theatre. Performers who created such magic were not known as conjurors, as we might refer to them today, but as jugglers. Records concerning jugglers on the medieval stage have been hitherto misunderstood or misapplied. These references to jugglers are re-examined in the light of discussions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521153069
• ISBN13: 9780521153065
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"