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Author Richmond, Hugh Macrae

Title Shakespeare''s Theatre : a Dictionary of His Stage Context
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (581 pages)
Series Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries
Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries
Contents List of Figures; Series Editor''s Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; A-Z; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Bibliography; List of Headwords; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Shakespeare''s Theatre consolidates the author''s forty years of experience in studying and staging Shakespeare''s plays. Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, the book reviews current knowledge of the character and operation of theatres in Shakespeare''s time, with an explanation of their origins. Coverage includes the practices of Elizabethan actors and script writers: methods of characterization; gesture, blocking and choreography, including music, dance and fighting; actors'' rhetorical interaction with audiences; and use of costumes, stage props, and make-up. T
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production -- Dictionaries
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625 -- Dictionaries
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Subject Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Dictionaries
Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Dictionaries
Theater
England
Genre/Form Dictionaries
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781847146113
1847146112