Stages and Playgoers: From Guild Plays to ShakespeareMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 5 de dez. de 2001 - 224 páginas 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. By examining a native dramatic tradition not fully explored before, Hill proposes new ways to imagine historical and contemporary performances. Stages and Playgoers will be invaluable for students of cultural studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, theatre history, and stagecraft. |
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... is taking place . This kind of dramatic address is very much a hallmark of medieval drama and is often referred to as “ direct address . ” ( I discuss termi- nology more fully later in the book . ) For 4 Stages and Playgoers.
... is taking place . This kind of dramatic address is very much a hallmark of medieval drama and is often referred to as “ direct address . ” ( I discuss termi- nology more fully later in the book . ) For 4 Stages and Playgoers.
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... kind of inclusive address I have in mind . It suggests a one - way dynamic , stage to audi- ence only ; I consider it vital that the audience return the stage's gaze , that they be partners in the address . Open address runs through all ...
... kind of inclusive address I have in mind . It suggests a one - way dynamic , stage to audi- ence only ; I consider it vital that the audience return the stage's gaze , that they be partners in the address . Open address runs through all ...
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... kind of talk . I follow it as a stage strategy which undergoes changes as it appears in new staging systems , but which , again and again , feeding off the living presence of the play- goers , injects the drama with diverse , often ...
... kind of talk . I follow it as a stage strategy which undergoes changes as it appears in new staging systems , but which , again and again , feeding off the living presence of the play- goers , injects the drama with diverse , often ...
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... kind of exchange is set up with audi- ences . In each case , I attempt to show what happens to our under- standing of each play if we think of the address as " conversations " with a " real " world . As I trace shifts and continuities ...
... kind of exchange is set up with audi- ences . In each case , I attempt to show what happens to our under- standing of each play if we think of the address as " conversations " with a " real " world . As I trace shifts and continuities ...
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... kind of close contract between play and audience unlike what she describes . Surely , at the guild play performances there were individuals who stood back and others ( both playgoers and actors ) who became so completely absorbed that ...
... kind of close contract between play and audience unlike what she describes . Surely , at the guild play performances there were individuals who stood back and others ( both playgoers and actors ) who became so completely absorbed that ...
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2 Nonce Plays | 76 |
3 I Know You All | 109 |
4 Open Address in the Romances | 161 |
Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Index | 235 |
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