Theatre in handwriting : Hamburg prompt book practices, 1770s-1820s /

In German spoken theatre, prompt books used to be written by multiple participants engaging in diverse manuscript practices which continually revise the unfixed literary text within its theatrical context. Based on examples of the vast Hamburg "Theatre-Library" from the 1770s to 1820s, thi...

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Main Authors:	Schäfer, Martin Jörg (Author), Weinstock, Alexander (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript, [2024]
Series:	Theatre studies ; v. 157.
Subjects:	Theater > Production and direction > Germany > Hamburg > History > 18th century. Theater > Production and direction > Germany > Hamburg > History > 19th century. Promptbooks. Théâtre > Production et mise en scène > Allemagne > Hambourg > Histoire > 18e siècle. Théâtre > Production et mise en scène > Allemagne > Hambourg > Histoire > 19e siècle. Copies du souffleur. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Prompting and Its Written Artefacts: Anecdotal Evidence
Chapter 3. Writing and Paper Practices in the Prompt Books of the Hamburg Theater-Bibliothek
Chapter 4. Creating a Prompt Book, Two at a Time: Scribes and Multi- Layered Revisions for the Hamburg Production of Kotzebue's Die Sonnen-Jungfrau (1790-1826)
Chapter 5. Prompt Book Practices in Context: The "Hamburg Shakespeare" between Handwriting and Print, the Audience and Censorship Demands (1770s-1810s and beyond)
Chapter 6. Doing Literature in Theatre: Schiller's Adaptation of Lessing's Nathan der Weise between Prompting and Stage Managing (1800s-1840s)
Chapter 7. Outlook
List of Figures
Bibliography