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Stages and playgoers : from guild plays to Shakespeare /

"The tradition of direct address has little to do with the frequently touted notion of the "fluidity of the Renaissance stage": the point is not that stage characters can talk to the audience but that they actually do reach out to the playgoers and in so doing import aspects of the au...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Janet, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca [NY] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The tradition of direct address has little to do with the frequently touted notion of the "fluidity of the Renaissance stage": the point is not that stage characters can talk to the audience but that they actually do reach out to the playgoers and in so doing import aspects of the audience world to the stage. These exchanges appear frequently in late-medieval drama and continue to be crucial stage strategies for Shakespeare, in whose work they grow and change."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.
ISBN:9780773569706
0773569707