Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger

In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman Actor, masques-within in The City Madam, and the titul

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; 'What do wee acte to day?': plays within the play: The Roman Actor; 'For your sport / You shall see a masterpiece': masques-within in The Picture, The Guardian and The City Madam; 'Speculations / On cheating pictures': visual art as dramatic inset: The Picture; Conclusion: 'Make your howse the stage on which weel act / Our comick sceane': trials and paradramatic scenes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Joanne Rochester, Assistant Professor of English, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Summary

In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman Actor, masques-within in The City Madam, and the titul

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Rochester, Rochester Joanne
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928739
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92873-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism