Title The Shakespearean stage space / Mariko Ichikawa

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Contents; Figures and Table; Acknowledgements; Note on texts and old spelling; system of dating; System of dating; Editorial abbreviations; Chapter 1 Playhouses, play texts and the theatrical language; Playhouses; Play texts; The theatrical language; Stage directions; Speeches; The use of the stage space; Chapter 2 'Maluolio within'; Audibility; Visibility; Actually onstage?; Echo scenes and prison scenes; 'Maluolio within'; Chapter 3 'Music within' and 'Music above'; The received theory; 'Above within'; 'Unseen above'; Post-1609 'music within' directions; Early public-theatre plays Summary "How did Renaissance theatre create its powerful effects with so few resources? In The Shakespearean Stage Space, Mariko Ichikawa explores the original staging of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to build a new picture of the artistry of the Renaissance stage. Dealing with problematic scenes and stage directions, Ichikawa closely examines the playing conditions in early modern playhouses to reveal the ways in which the structure of the stage was used to ensure the audibility of offstage sounds, to control the visibility of characters, to convey fictional locales, to create specific moods and atmospheres and to maintain a frequently shifting balance between fictional and theatrical realities. She argues that basic theatrical terms were used in a much broader and more flexible way than we usually assume and demonstrates that, rather than imposing limitations, the bare stage of the Shakespearean theatre offered dramatists and actors a variety of imaginative possibilities"-- Provided by publisher "The Shakespearean Stage Space How did Renaissance theatre create its powerful effects with so few resources? In The Shakespearean Stage Space, Mariko Ichikawa explores the original staging of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to build a new picture of the artistry of the Renaissance stage. Dealing with problematic scenes and stage directions, Ichikawa closely examines the playing conditions in early modern playhouses to reveal the ways in which the structure of the stage was used to ensure the audibility of offstage sounds, to control the visibility of characters, to convey fictional locales, to create specific moods and atmospheres and to maintain a frequently shifting balance between fictional and theatrical realities"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- England -- London Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- England -- History -- 16th century Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- England -- History -- 17th century Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. English drama English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan Theater Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery England England -- London Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139840200 1139840207 9781139097192 1139097199 9781139844949 1139844946

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