Staging spectatorship in the plays of Philip Massinger

Staging spectatorship in the plays of Philip Massinger / Joanne Rochester.

In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman...

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Main Author: Rochester, Joanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Series:Studies in performance and early modern drama.
Subjects:
Massinger, Philip, > 1583-1640 > Criticism and interpretation.
Massinger, Philip, > 1583-1640
1600-1699
Theater audiences in literature.
Visual perception in literature.
Theater audiences > England > History > 17th century.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Theater audiences
Theater audiences in literature
Visual perception in literature
England
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Summary:In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman Actor, masques-within in The City Madam, and the titular miniature portrait of The Picture - she analyzes Massinger's assumptions about interpretation, perception and spectator response.
Physical Description:1 online resource (172 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754699385
0754699382
1351898191
9781351898195
1315242486
9781315242484
1282524933
9781282524934
9786612524936
6612524936
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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