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Theatre of the book, 1480-1880 : print, text, and performance in Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, Julie Stone
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
European drama > History and criticism.
Printing > Europe > History.
Theater > Europe > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630
  • Drama as institution, 1630-1760
  • Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880
  • Reinventing "theatre" via the printing press
  • Critical law, theatrical licence
  • Accurate texts, authoritative editions
  • The sense of the senses: sound, gesture, and the body on stage
  • Narrative form and theatrical illusions
  • Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image
  • Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers
  • Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief
  • Making it public
  • Scenic pictures
  • Actor/author
  • A theatre too much with us.