Performing Blackness on English Stages, 1500-1800

Informationen zum Autor Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor of English at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Klappentext An unusual study of the tradition of blackface in stage performance. Zusammenfassung Performing Blackness on English Stages, 1500–1800 examines the dynamics of blackface performance by English actors from the cycle plays of the early sixteenth century, through Shakespeare's Aaron and Othello, to the depiction of enslaved African princes in the eighteenth-century theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preliminaries; 2. Patterns of blackness; 3. Talking devils; 4. Kings and queens; 5. Bedtricksters; 6. Shakespeare's Moor of Venice; 7. Europeans disguised as Moors; 8. Avenging villains; 9. Royal slaves; Afterthoughts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prof. Virginia Mason Vaughan, Virginia Mason Vaughan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.05.2005
• EAN: 9780521845847
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84584-7
• Pagine: 206
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto