| A Cultural History of Theatre in the Early Modern Age Contributor(s): Henke, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 135027769X ISBN-13: 9781350277694 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (1.20 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For both producers and consumers of theatre in the early modern era, art was viewed as a social rather than an individual activity. Emerging in the context of new capitalistic modes of production, the birth of the nation state and the rise of absolute monarchies, theatre also proved a highly mobile medium across geolinguistic boundaries. This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre from 1400 to 1650, and examines the socioeconomically heterodox nature of theatre and performance during this period. Highly illustrated with 48 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission. |