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).

Table des matières

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

Résumé

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).

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark Hutchings, Mark (Universidad De Salamanca Hutchings, Hutchings Mark
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781108791922
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79192-2
• Pages: 75
• Thème: Elements in Shakespeare Performance
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; 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