Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre : performance and liminality in early modern drama / / Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann

• Autore: Bruster Douglas.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.3/3
• Soggetto topico: English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism; English drama - 17th century - History and criticism; Prologues and epilogues - History and criticism; Mimesis in literature; Drama - Technique; Openings (Rhetoric)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 18.05
• Altri autori: WeimannRobert
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-182) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre
• ISBN: 1-134-31371-3; 1-280-17777-2; 0-203-36268-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450761303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II