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Jewish Theatre Making in Mantua, 1520-1650 /

This book studies how the Jewish community of Mantua established, normalized, and maintained interrelations with the Christian community for over 130 years, from 1520 to 1650, by means of theatre performance for the Gonzaga Dukes. Performance is shown to have been a mutually beneficial "currenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jaffe-Berg, Erith, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Chapter 1. Introduction: 'Under the Happy Shadow and Secure Protection' Chapter 2. Beginnings: Jews and the Early Modern Italian Stage 1475
  • 1540 Chapter 3. Leone de' Sommi: A Canny Theatrical Intermediary Chapter 4. Simon Basilea: A Virtuoso of Jewish Mantua Chapter 5. Jewish Theatrical Production in the Shadow of the Counter-Reformation Chapter 6. The End of Jewish Performance in Mantua Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendix I: A transcription and translation of the first known performance by the Jews of Pesaro in 1474. Appendix II: A List of all performances staged by the Jews of Mantua Bibliography.