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Theatre of the book, 1480-1880 : print, text, and performance in Europe

Julie Stone Peters (Author)
This volume explores the impact of printing on the European theatre in the period 1480-1880 and shows that the printing press played a major part in the birth of modern theatre
eBook, English, 2000
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xi, 494 pages) : illustrations
9781280444937, 9780191698811, 9786610444939, 9780198187141, 9780191541926, 1280444932, 0191698814, 6610444935, 0198187149, 0191541923
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Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630
Drama as institution, 1630-1760
Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880
Reinventing "theatre" via the printing press
Critical law, theatrical licence
Accurate texts, authoritative editions
The sense of the senses: sound, gesture, and the body on stage
Narrative form and theatrical illusions
Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image
Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers
Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief
Making it public
Scenic pictures
Actor/author
A theatre too much with us
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