Recovering Shakespeare's Theatrical Vocabulary

Alan C. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Dessen

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Alan Dessen draws upon stage directions from hundreds of plays (from 1425 to 1642) to investigate what a playgoer may actually have seen when watching the original productions of Hamlet or Macbeth. He argues for the presence of a shared vocabulary among playwrights, players and playgoers.

ISBN-13
9780521032414
ISBN-10
0521032415
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-11-23
Pages
300
Dimensions
215x137x18
Weight
397