Cultural History of Theatre in the Early Modern Age

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Av Robert Henke, USA) Henke, Robert (Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Washington University, St. Louis

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For both producers and consumers of theatre in the early modern era, art was viewed as a social rather than an individual activity. Emerging in the context of new capitalistic modes of production, the birth of the nation state and the rise of absolute monarchies, theatre also proved a highly mobile medium across geolinguistic boundaries. This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre from 1400 to 1650, and examines the socioeconomically heterodox nature of theatre and performance during this period.Highly illustrated with 48 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-01-13
Mått168 x 244 x 16 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultural Histories Series
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350277694

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List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsSeries PrefaceEditor’s AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Culture, Cultural History and Early Modern TheatreRobert Henke, Washington University, USA1 Institutional Frameworks: Mapping Theatrical ResourcesTom Bishop,University of Auckland, New Zealand and Robert Henke, Washington University, USA2. Social Functions: Audience Participation, Efficacious EntertainmentErika T. Lin, The City University of New York, USA3. Sexuality and Gender: The Early Modern Theatrical BodyEric Nicholson, Syracuse University in Florence, Italy4. The Environment of Theatre: Urbanization and Theatre Building in Early Modern EuropeKaren Newman, Brown University, USA5. Circulation: Aristocratic, Commercial, Religious and Artistic Networks Pavel Drábek, University of Hull, UK6. Interpretations: Antitheatrical Thinking and the Rise of 'Theatre'Stefan Hulfeld, University of Vienna, Austria 7. Communities of Production: Lives in and out of the TheatreWilliam N. West, Northwestern University, USA8. Repertoire and Genre: Culture and SocietyFriedemann Kreuder, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany9. Technologies of Performance: From Mystery Plays to the Italian OrderBlair Hoxby, Stanford, USA10 Knowledge Transmission: Theatre at the Crossroads of Concept, Medium and PracticeEllen MacKay, Indidana University, USANotesBibliographyIndex

Not since the Cambridge History of American Theatre (1998–2000) has a multiauthored theatre history been as anticipated as Bloomsbury’s A Cultural History of Theatre… Having read all six volumes (1,636 pages), I can testify to the magnitude of their accomplishment. A Cultural History of Theatre is a profound reconsideration of how we understand theatre, its myriad social contexts, and the cultural work it accomplishes… the product of intellectual labor and creativity, and its accomplishments are many. A landmark work in theatre and social history, it illuminates theatre through the lens of culture, and culture through the lens of theatre.