Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre

Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre

by Gillian Woods (Author), Sarah Dustagheer (Author)

Synopsis

What do `stage directions' do in early modern drama? Who or what are they directing: action on the stage, or imagination via the page? Is the label `stage direction' helpful or misleading? Do these `directions' provide evidence of Renaissance playhouse practice? What happens when we put them at the centre of literary close readings of early modern plays? Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre investigates these problems through innovative research by a range of international experts. This collection of essays examines the creative possibilities of stage directions and and their implications for actors and audiences, readers and editors, historians and contemporary critics. Looking at the different ways stage directions make meaning, this volume provides new insights into a range of Renaissance plays.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Published: 14 Dec 2017

ISBN 10: 147425747X
ISBN 13: 9781474257473
Book Overview: A ground-breaking collection of essays that explores the theatrical, imaginative and literary function of Renaissance stage directions, and the way they illuminate the meaning of the plays they help to create.

Author Bio
Sarah Dustagheer is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the University of Kent, UK. Gillian Woods is Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Theatre at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.