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Author:   Vera Cantoni (University of Pavia, Italy)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9781350118836

ISBN 10:   1350118834
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I - The new Globe plays 1 - Something old, something new 1.1 - A reconstructed theatre 1.2 - Specially constructed plays 2 - Presenting the past 2.1 - Multiple time-planes 2.2 - Shakespeare's ghost 2.3 - Language centre stage 2.4 - Laughing matter 2.5 - Founding narratives 2.6 - Topicality 2.7 - Come all ye... 3 - The spectacle of spectators 3.1 - Spectators as participants 3.2 - Spectators as a challenge 3.3 - Spectators as interlocutors 3.4 - Spectators as supernumeraries 3.5 - Spectators as subject matter Part II - Brenton's Globe 4 - The weight of the past 4.1 - Virtuoso meets Steinway 4.2 - History plays for now 4.3 - A British epic theatre 4.4 - Perverse saints 4.5 - Historiographic metatheatre 5 - Playing to the crowd 5.1 - Aiming at an audience 5.2 - Attracting the audience 5.3 - Addressing the audience 5.4 - Admonishing the audience Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

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Vera Cantoni is a theatre practitioner and researcher at the University of Pavia, Italy.

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