A performance history of The fair penitent:

Theatre is the most ephemeral of art forms. It is a truism that the ephemeral performance text is divorced from the static published play text. This Element is of the eighteenth-century performance history of The Fair Penitent demonstrates the interrelation of print and performance and models how re...

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Main Author: McGirr, Elaine M. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Cambridge elements
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351850
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351850
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009351850
Summary:Theatre is the most ephemeral of art forms. It is a truism that the ephemeral performance text is divorced from the static published play text. This Element is of the eighteenth-century performance history of The Fair Penitent demonstrates the interrelation of print and performance and models how readers can recover elements of performance through close attention to text. Traces of performance adhere to the mediascape in playbills and puffs, reviews and accounts. The printed text also preserves traces of performance in notation and illustration. By analysing traces found in performance trends, casting decisions, publication histories and repertory intertexts, this Element recovers how The Fair Penitent was interpreted at different points in the century and explains how a play that bombed in its first season could become a repertory staple
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (74 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009351850
DOI:10.1017/9781009351850

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