Magic on the Early English Stage

Klappentext An original investigation into conjuring tricks and stage magic on the medieval stage. Zusammenfassung Magic on the Early English Stage is an original study of conjuring tricks and stage magic from medieval times to the seventeenth century. Butterworth investigates! for the first time! the nature of the work of the 'jugglers'! their skills and the relationship between individual jugglers and magic performed 'on stage'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Jugglers: the creators of magic; 2. Feats of activity: juggling, tumbling and dancing on the rope; 3. Conveyance and confederacy; 4. Appearances and disappearances; 5. Magic through sound; 6. Mechanical images, automata, puppets and motions; 7. Substitution; 8. Stage tricks; 9. Terminology; Appendix 1. Edward Melton's Text; Appendix 2. Wily Beguiled (1606); Appendix 3. Beggars' Bush (1622); Appendix 4. The Knave in Graine (1640).

Product details

• Authors: Philip Butterworth, Butterworth Philip
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521153065
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15306-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; England, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, c 1000 CE to c 1500, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Magic, Conjuring and magic