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 worked, their preparation of the plays for the stage, and their rehearsal practices. It looks at the quality of evidence supplied by the surviving play-texts, and the extant to which audiences of the time differed from modern audiences; and it gives vivid examples of how Elizabethan actors made use of gestures, costumes, props, and the theater's specific design features. Stage movement is analyzed through a careful study of how exits and entrances worked on such stages. The final chapter offers a thorough examination of Hamlet as a text for performance, excitingly returning the play to its original staging at the Globe.
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"Gurr and Ichikawa offer a wealth of useful information about rehearsals, text preparation for performance, staging conditions, stage properties, audience comfort, and doubling practices in the playhouse."-Renaissance Quarterly
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Andrew Gurr is Professor of English at the University of Reading. Mariko Ichikawa is Associate Professor of English at the University of Tohoku, Japan.
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First-rate scholarly overview of the early staging of Shakespeare's plays.Andrew Gurr is a leading expert on the period, and his great interest in the subject comes through in the writing.
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Shakespeare and his fellow-playwrights wrote their scripts for stages and audiences that were very different from what we are used to now. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
entry stage direction, summoned character, exit stage direction, early staging, frons scenae, stage balcony, central opening, playhouse manuscript, general exit, character exits, closing exit, original staging, flanking doors, staging practices, royal dais, new playhouse, entering character, playing companies, indoor venues, little eyases, stage platform, foul papers, opening stage direction, tiring house, stage edge Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Tempest, King Lear, Privy Council, The Early Staging of Hamlet, Admiral's Men, King Hamlet, King's Men, Midsummer Night's Dream, Red Bull, The Spanish Tragedy, Lord Mayor, Inigo Jones, Master of the Revels, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, First Player, James Burbage, Bernard Beckerman, First Folio, London Bridge, Lord Chamberlain's Men, Love's Labour's Lost, Poor Tom, Thomas Platter New!
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entry stage direction, summoned character, exit stage direction, early staging, frons scenae, stage balcony, central opening, playhouse manuscript, general exit, character exits, closing exit, original staging, flanking doors, staging practices, royal dais, new playhouse, entering character, playing companies, indoor venues, little eyases, stage platform, foul papers, opening stage direction, tiring house, stage edge Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Tempest, King Lear, Privy Council, The Early Staging of Hamlet, Admiral's Men, King Hamlet, King's Men, Midsummer Night's Dream, Red Bull, The Spanish Tragedy, Lord Mayor, Inigo Jones, Master of the Revels, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, First Player, James Burbage, Bernard Beckerman, First Folio, London Bridge, Lord Chamberlain's Men, Love's Labour's Lost, Poor Tom, Thomas Platter New!
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