Practicing the City: Early Modern London on Stage

by Nina S Levine and Nina S. Levine

Book Overview

In late-sixteenth-century London, the commercial theaters undertook a novel experiment, fueling a fashion for plays that trafficked in the contemporary urban scene. But beyond the stage's representing the everyday activities of the expanding metropolis, its unprecedented urban turn introduced a new dimension into theatrical experience, opening up a reflexive space within which an increasingly diverse population might begin to "practice" the city...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823267873
• ISBN13: 9780823267873
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"