Shakespeare's Double Plays Dramatic Economy on the Early Modern Stage Gamboa

Shakespeare's Double Plays Dramatic Economy on the Early Modern Stage Gamboa

Shakespeare's Double PlaysDramatic Economy on the Early Modern Stage\nAuthor(s): Brett Gamboa\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108417433, 978-1108417433\nSynopsis\nIn the first comprehensive study of how Shakespeare designed his plays to suit his playing company, Brett Gamboa demonstrates how Shakespeare turned his limitations to creative advantage, and how doubling roles suited his unique sense of the dramatic. By attending closely to their dramaturgical structures, Gamboa analyses casting requirements for the plays Shakespeare wrote for the company between 1594 and 1610, and describes how using the embedded casting patterns can enhance their thematic and theatrical potential. Drawing on historical records, dramatic theory, and contemporary performance this innovative work questions received ideas about early modern staging and provides scholars and contemporary theatre practitioners with a va.

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