Joanne Rochester

Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger

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Produktbeschreibung

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 titular miniature portrait of The Picture - she analyzes Massinger's assumptions about interpretation, perception and spectator response.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780754630807
• ISBN-10: 0754630803
• Artikelnr.: 44789602

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.