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Approaching the Interval in the Early Modern Theatre - Mark Hutchings

Approaching the Interval in the Early Modern Theatre

The Significance of the 'Act-Time'

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Buch | Softcover
114 Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79192-2 (ISBN)
CHF 29,65 inkl. MwSt
In requiring artificial light, the early modern indoor theatre had to interrupt the action so that the candles could be attended to, if necessary. This Element explores how the interval affected composition and stagecraft and how amphitheatre plays were converted for indoor performance (and vice versa).
In requiring artificial light, the early modern indoor theatre had to interrupt the action so that the candles could be attended to, if necessary. The origin of the five-act, four-interval play was not classical drama but candle technology. This Element explores the implications of this aspect of playmaking. Drawing on evidence in surviving texts it explores how the interval affected composition and stagecraft, how it provided opportunities for stage-sitters, and how amphitheatre plays were converted for indoor performance (and vice versa). Recovering the interval yields new insights into familiar texts and brings into the foreground interesting examples of how the interval functioned in lesser-known plays. This Element concludes with a discussion of how this aspect of theatre might feed into the debate over the King's Men's repertory management in its Globe-Blackfriars years and sets out the wider implications for both the modern theatre and the academy.

1. Introduction; 2. Candles and Questions; 3. Scripting the Act-Time; 4. Amphitheatre Hall; 5. The Globe Blackfriars Effect; 6. Coda; 7. Appendix; Reference.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Elements in Shakespeare Performance
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-108-79192-1 / 1108791921
ISBN-13 978-1-108-79192-2 / 9781108791922
Zustand Neuware
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