Approaching the Interval in the Early Modern Theatre - The Significance of the ''Act-Time''

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).

List of contents

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

Summary

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).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Hutchings, Mark (Universidad De Salamanca Hutchings, Hutchings Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781108791922
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79192-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Shakespeare Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean