02942oam 2200733I 450 991045076130332120200520144314.01-134-31371-31-280-17777-20-203-36268-310.4324/9780203362686 (CKB)1000000000252947(EBL)199441(OCoLC)475906015(SSID)ssj0000229133(PQKBManifestationID)11190700(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229133(PQKBWorkID)10167752(PQKB)10782575(MiAaPQ)EBC199441(Au-PeEL)EBL199441(CaPaEBR)ebr10162536(CaONFJC)MIL17777(OCoLC)252704697(EXLCZ)99100000000025294720180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrologues to Shakespeare's theatre performance and liminality in early modern drama /Douglas Bruster and Robert WeimannLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-33442-X 0-415-33443-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-182) and index.The Elizabethan prologue : text, actor, performance -- Prologue as threshold and usher -- Authority and authorization in the pre-Shakespearean prologue -- Frivolous jestures versus matter of worth : Christopher Marlowe -- Kingly harp and iron pen in the playhouse : George Peele -- From hodge-podge to scene individable : John Lyly -- Henry V and the signs of power : William Shakespeare.This remarkable study shows how prologues ushered audience and actors through a rite of passage and how they can be seen to offer rich insight into what the early modern theatre was thought capable of achieving.English dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismEnglish drama17th centuryHistory and criticismPrologues and epiloguesHistory and criticismMimesis in literatureDramaTechniqueOpenings (Rhetoric)Electronic books.English dramaHistory and criticism.English dramaHistory and criticism.Prologues and epiloguesHistory and criticism.Mimesis in literature.DramaTechnique.Openings (Rhetoric)822.3/318.05bclBruster Douglas.318126Weimann Robert163891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450761303321Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre2447575UNINA