The culture of playgoing in Shakespeare's England : a collaborative debate - ECU Libraries Catalog

The culture of playgoing in Shakespeare's England : a collaborative debate / Anthony B. Dawson and Paul Yachnin.

Author/creator	Dawson, Anthony B.
Other author/creator	Yachnin, Paul Edward, 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description	x, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history --To 1625. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history --England. Theater audiences--England --History --16th century. Theater audiences--England --History --17th century. Theater--England --History --16th century. Theater--England --History --17th century.

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Contents	Introduction / Paul Yachnin and Anthony B. Dawson -- Performance and participation / Anthony Dawson -- The populuxe theatre ; Eye to eye opposed / Paul Yachnin -- The distracted globe / Anthony Dawson -- Magical properties / Paul Yachnin -- Props, pleasure, and idolatry ; The arithmetic of memory / Anthony Dawson -- The house of fame / Paul Yachnin -- Afterword / Paul Yachnin and Anthony Dawson.
Abstract	How was the experience of watching a play influenced by practices beyond the walls of the playhouse, and what were the broader social and historical implications of the culture of playgoing? The book sets out to answer such questions. Interested first in what happened within the playhouse itself, the authors focus on the person of the actor, on stage props, visual pleasure and audience behaviour. At the same time, their discussion moves outward to consider a range of cultural assumptions and practices - such as eucharistic controversy, prostitution, social mobility, iconoclasm, Renaissance optics, the formation of national memory, and the dissemination of news. Since the two authors have very different perspectives on these issues, they have chosen a unique format: rather than submerging their opposition, they have highlighted it. Their attacks and counter-attacks, as they contest each other's views in paired chapters, result in a lively and illuminating debate.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	00063003
ISBN	0521800161 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780521800167 (hbk.)

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Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR3095 .D38 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold