Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan

by Tiffany Stern

Book Overview

Attention is often given to the performance of a text, but not to the shaping process behind that performance. The question of rehearsal is seldom confronted directly, though important textual moments - like revision - are often attributed to it. Furthermore, up until now, facts about theatrical rehearsal have been considered irrecoverable.

In this groundbreaking new study, Tiffany Stern gathers together two centuries' worth of historical material...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198186819
• ISBN13: 9780198186816
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"