Restoration Staging, 1660-74
Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-73686-6 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-73686-6 (ISBN)
Arguing that early Restoration theatre and drama is misunderstood, owing to critical and theatrical neglect, this book cuts through received notions by reading the plays in their original theatrical contexts. Tim Keenan proposes that Restoration play texts encode more information about their own performance than has hitherto been recovered. Conside
Restoration Staging 1660–74 cuts through prevalent ideas of Restoration theatre and drama to read early plays in their original theatrical contexts.
Tim Keenan argues that Restoration play texts contain far more information about their own performance than previously imagined. Focusing on specific productions and physical staging at the three theatres operating in the first years of the Restoration – Vere Street, Bridges Street and Lincoln’s Inn Fields – Keenan analyses stage directions, scene headings and other performance clues embedded in the play-texts themselves. These close readings shed new light on staging practices of the period, building a radical new model of early Restoration staging.
Restoration Staging, 1660–74 takes account of all extant new plays written for or premiered at three of London’s early theatres, presenting a much-needed reassessment of early Restoration drama.
Restoration Staging 1660–74 cuts through prevalent ideas of Restoration theatre and drama to read early plays in their original theatrical contexts.
Tim Keenan argues that Restoration play texts contain far more information about their own performance than previously imagined. Focusing on specific productions and physical staging at the three theatres operating in the first years of the Restoration – Vere Street, Bridges Street and Lincoln’s Inn Fields – Keenan analyses stage directions, scene headings and other performance clues embedded in the play-texts themselves. These close readings shed new light on staging practices of the period, building a radical new model of early Restoration staging.
Restoration Staging, 1660–74 takes account of all extant new plays written for or premiered at three of London’s early theatres, presenting a much-needed reassessment of early Restoration drama.
Tim Keenan is Lecturer in Drama (Shakespeare and the Classics) at Liverpool Hope University, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Seville Restoration Comedy Project.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of figures
List of tables
Theatrical terms and definitions
Historical note
Introduction
1. Interpreting Restoration Drama: some facts and fictions
2. Visualising Restoration Staging
3. Modelling the Lincoln’s Inn Fields stage
4. Testing the Model 1: Analysing the Plays, 1661–74
5. Testing the Model 2: Exceptional Staging Demand
6. Applying the model: cracking the codes
7. Developing a scenic dramaturgy
8. Conclusion: the plays and the model
Works cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-73686-1 / 0367736861 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-73686-6 / 9780367736866 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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