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Costuming The Shakespearean Stage: Visual Codes Of Representation In Early Modern Theatre And Culture, Robert Lublin Sep 2011

Costuming The Shakespearean Stage: Visual Codes Of Representation In Early Modern Theatre And Culture, Robert Lublin

Robert Lublin

Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama, until now, no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and, more importantly, how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary audiences. Robert Lublin's new study considers royal proclamations, religious writings, paintings, woodcuts, plays, historical accounts, sermons, and legal documents to investigate what Shakespearean actors actually wore in production and what cultural information those costumes conveyed.

Four of the chapters of Costuming the Shakespearean Stage address 'categories of seeing': visually based semiotic systems according to which costumes …


Fragmented Liveness / Mediated Moments, Kristen Lovell Apr 2011

Fragmented Liveness / Mediated Moments, Kristen Lovell

Kristen R Lovell

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Realism/Terrorism: The Walworth Farce, Kim Solga Dec 2010

Realism/Terrorism: The Walworth Farce, Kim Solga

Kim Solga

Can theatre kill? If it can, where does that leave its scholars, students, practitioners? What are the ethics of performance when performance becomes truly dangerous?


The Value Of Co-Authorship, Harvey Young Dec 2010

The Value Of Co-Authorship, Harvey Young

Harvey Young

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The Activist Classroom: Performance And Pedagogy, Kim Solga Dec 2010

The Activist Classroom: Performance And Pedagogy, Kim Solga

Kim Solga

As teachers of theatre history, theory, and performance theory and practice we engage in crucial public work: the training of future audiences. Our labour, every day, is social activism, whether we call it that or not. The latest issue of Canadian Theatre Review celebrates this work, and explores its challenges from multiple perspectives. It includes contributions from performers, public arts workers, students, and scholars who work in theatre for education, performance studies, English literature, and more. The issue also features a forum on pedagogical innovation in the theatre studies classroom, as well as five short scripts developed by students at …


Rev. Of Clayton G. Mackenzie, Deadly Experiments: A Study Of Icons And Emblems Of Mortality In Christopher Marlowe’S Plays, Clifford Davidson Dec 2010

Rev. Of Clayton G. Mackenzie, Deadly Experiments: A Study Of Icons And Emblems Of Mortality In Christopher Marlowe’S Plays, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract available.