Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108486673
ISBN-13
9781108486675
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 2019
Print length
292 Pages
Weight
62 grams
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22.50 x 15.30 x 2.00 cms
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Shakespeare wrote most of his plays with a court audience in mind. This volume sheds fresh light on court entertainment and provides fascinating insights into what was then a multimedia phenomenon encompassing dance, music and performance. It will appeal to scholars and graduate students of early modern theatre.
Even though Shakespeare openly dramatizes aristocratic shows in his own plays, the circumstances of early modern performance at court have received relatively little critical attention. With so much written on the playwright''s wide and multi-layered audiences, the entertainment of the court itself has too long been dismissed as a secondary issue. This book aims to shed fresh light on the multiple aspects of Shakespearean performances at the Elizabethan and early Stuart courts, considering all forms of drama, music, dance and other entertainment. Taking the specific scenic environment and material conditions of early modern performance into account, the chapters examine both real and dramatized court shows in order to break ground for new avenues of thought. The volume considers how early modern court shows shaped dramatic writing and what they tell us of the aesthetics and politics of the Tudor and Stuart regimes.
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