LEADER 04938nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910820710103321 005 20240430183330.0 010 $a0-19-818681-9 010 $a9786610766734 010 $a9786611341596 010 $a1-280-76673-5 010 $a1-281-34159-2 010 $a0-19-922972-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295989 035 $a(EBL)431297 035 $a(OCoLC)429918456 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12048927 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251204 035 $a(PQKB)10562731 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5121581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10229927 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL76673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5121581 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295989 100 $a20000104d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan /$fTiffany Stern 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford [UK] $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (350 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-156718-3 311 $a0-19-169636-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Conventions and References; Abbreviations; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REHEARSAL IN THE THEATRES OF PETER QUINCE AND BEN JONSON; Rehearsal Lexically; Background; Provincial Rehearsal; Mayors' rehearsals; How plays were prepared; Academic Rehearsal; 3. REHEARSAL IN SHAKESPEARE'S THEATRE; Background; Master of the Revels' Rehearsal; Preparing a Play for the Stage; Number of days to produce a play; Reading; Parts and study; Pronunciation and gesture; The group rehearsal; Time of group rehearsal; Place of general and partial rehearsals; Rehearsal, Writing, and Revision 327 $aThe book-holder (prompter)The manager; The author; The Nature of Performance; Book-holders in performance; Actors and parts in performance; First performance; First performance and the audience; Conclusion; The Future of the Renaissance Theatre; 4. REHFARSAL IN BETTERTON'S THEATRE; Background; Restoration Theatre Companies; The Authority of Buckingham's The Rehearsal; Public Theatre Rehearsal; Seasonal rehearsal; Number of days to produce a play; Reading; Parts; Lines'; Study; Pronunciation and gesture; Actor-training and rehearsal; Composers, authors, and individual rehearsal 327 $aGroup RehearsalAuthors and rehearsal; Managers and rehearsal; Prompters and rehearsal; The Master of the Revels as reviser; Performance; Actors and performance; Actors and extemporization; Prompter and performance; The first night; Conclusion; 5. REHEARSAL IN CIBBER'S THEATRE; Introduction; Background; Public Theatre Rehearsal; Rehearsal plays and rehearsal; Number of days to produce a play; Actor training; Reading; Casts and parts; Study; Group Rehearsal; Nature of rehearsal; Prompters and rehearsal; Authors and rehearsal; Managers and rehearsal; Actors and rehearsal; Performance 327 $aThe prompter and performanceConclusion; The first-night audience; The author and the text; 6. REHEARSAL IN GARRICK'S THEATRE- AND LATER; Background; Rehearsal Plays; Public Theatre Rehearsal; Number of rehearsals; Reading; Parts; Garrick, Macklin, and instruction; The content of rehearsal; Authors and rehearsal; Managers and rehearsal; Prompters and rehearsal; Performance; Actors in performance; Actors and extemporization; First performance; Part-based revision; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aAttention is often given to the performance of a text, but not to the shaping process behind that performance. This is the first history of the subject, from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth. It examines the nature and changing content of rehearsal, drawing on a mass of autobiographical, textual, and journalistic sources. - ;Attention is often given to the performance of a text, but not to the shaping process behind that performance. The question of rehearsal is seldom confronted directly, though important textual moments - like revision - are often attributed to it. Whatismore, up unti 606 $aTheater rehearsals$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aTheater rehearsals$xHistory. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a792.028 676 $a792/.028 700 $aStern$b Tiffany$0604967 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820710103321 996 $aRehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan$91118780 997 $aUNINA