Illustrations of the Stage and Acting in England to 1580
By (author) Clifford Davidson
Paperback (Out of print)
(December 1991)
ISBN: 9780918720481
Price: $29.95
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Hardback (Published)
(July 1991)
ISBN: 9780918720474
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $19.95
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This richly illustrated book surveys representations of the stage and acting from manuscript illuminations, stained glass, sculpture, woodcarving, wall paintings, and the woodcuts that appear in playbooks produced by the first English printers.
This richly illustrated book surveys representations of the stage and acting from manuscript illuminations, stained glass, sculpture, woodcarving, wall paintings, and the woodcuts that appear in playbooks produced by the first English printers.
List of Illustrations
Preface
The Roman Theater in Britain
Ceremonies and Liturgical Plays
Pageants and Processional Staging
Places to See the Plays
Illustrated Manuscript Playbooks
Fools and Other Entertainers
Minstrels
Illustrations in Printed Playbooks
Appendix: Early Elizabethan Theaters and the Rose
Notes
Index
- By (author) Clifford Davidson
Other Titles in this Series
Drama and Art
An Introduction to the Use of Evidence from the Visual Arts for the Study of Early Drama
Crossing the Boundaries
Christian Piety and the Arts in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Confraternities
Word, Picture, and Spectacle
Papers by Karl P. Wentersdorf, Roger Ellis, Clifford Davidson, and R. W. Hanning
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