European Theatre Performance Practice, 1580-1750

Name: European Theatre Performance Practice, 1580-1750
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This volume presents foundational and representative essays of the last half century on theatre performance practice during the period 1580 to 1750, with a particular focus on the nature of playing spaces, staging, acting and audience response in professional theatre. Considerations of theatre practice in Italy, Spain and France, as well as England, place Shakespeare\u2019s theatre in its European context to reveal surprising commonalities and salient differences in the performance practice of early modern Europe\u2019s major professional theatres. > This volume presents foundational and representative essays of the last half century on theatre performance practice during the period 1580 to 1750. The particular focus is on the nature of playing spaces, staging, acting and audience response in professional theatre and the selection of previously published research articles and book chapters includes significant works on topics such as Shakespearean staging, French and Spanish theat.