Discoveries on the early modern stage : contexts and conventions / Leslie Thomson.
Discoveries on the early modern stage : contexts and conventions / Leslie Thomson.
Discoveries on the early modern stage : contexts and conventions / Leslie Thomson.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/5661
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Kinds and uses -- Time and truth -- Religious rites and secular spectacle -- Revelation and belief -- Private places and hidden spaces -- Invention and artifice.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"This is a study of the dramatic use, treatment, and staging of performed 'discoveries' - actions which the theatre is uniquely able to exploit visually and explore verbally. The motif of discovery - in the now almost obsolete sense of uncovering or disclosing - is prominent in the language and action of Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline plays. V...
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Discoveries on the early modern stage : contexts and conventions / Leslie Thomson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/5661
Record Identifier
74VKV8RdRJey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8RdRJey
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ISBN
1108494471 hardback alkaline paper
9781108494472 hardback alkaline paper
DDC
822.309
MMS ID
991024188560202626
