The Elizabethan Dumb Show (Routledge Revivals): The History of a Dramatic Convention

by Dieter Mehl

First published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a useful manual for those who wish to check the ocurrence of dumb shows and the uses to which they are put; it also makes a real contribution to a better understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama, and sheds new light on some of the lesser known plays of the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415610877
• ISBN13: 9780415610872
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"