Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres

by Andrew Gurr and Mariko Ichikawa

Book Overview

By bringing together evidence from different sources--documentary, archaeological, and the play-texts themselves--Staging Shakespeare's Theatres reconstructs the ways in which the plays were originally staged in the theaters of Shakespeare's own time, and shows how the physical possibilities
and limitations of these theaters affected both the writing and the performances. The book explains the conditions under which the early playwrights and players...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198711581
• ISBN13: 9780198711582
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"