{"product_id":"early-modern-liveness-9781350318472","title":"Early Modern Liveness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean for early modern theatre to be live'? How have audiences over time experienced a sense of liveness'? This collection extends discussions of liveness to works from the 16th and 17th centuries, both in their initial incarnations and contemporary adaptations. Drawing on theatre and performance studies, as well as media theory, this volume uses the concept of liveness to consider how early modern theatre  including non-Western and non-traditional performance  employs embodiment, materiality, temporality and perception to impress on its audience a sensation of presence.  The volume's contributors adopt varying approaches and cover a range of topics from material and textual studies, to early modern rehearsal methods, to digital and VR theatre, to the legacy of Shakespearean performance in global theatrical repertoires. This collection uses both early modern and contemporary performance practices to challenge our understanding of live performance. Productions and adaptions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements \u003cb\u003e Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDanielle Rosvally (University at Buffalo, USA) and Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart One: Proximity\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Liveness in Virtual Early Modern Theatre \u003ci\u003eRebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Impressions of Liveness in Shakespeare, at a Distance \u003ci\u003eStephanie Shirilan (Syracuse University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Medium Specificity, Medium Convergence, and Aliveness in the Chromakey (2018) and Big Telly Zoom (2020) \u003ci\u003eMacbeths\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Performance\u003c\/b\u003e 4. Liveness in VR and AR Shakespeare Adaptations \u003ci\u003eAneta Mancewicz (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Alive in the (Early) Modern Repertory \u003ci\u003eElizabeth E. Tavares (University of Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Contemporary Turkish Shakespeares: New Breath to Old Lives \u003ci\u003eMurat Ögütcü (independent scholar, Turkey)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Death Draws Down our Curtain: Liveness Beyond Life in Early Modern Persianate Islam \u003ci\u003eKenneth Molloy (Brown University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Signs of Liveness: The Blazing Star in Renaissance Drama \u003ci\u003eGina M. Di Salvo (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. The Apparitional Audience:  Prophesizing Live Collectives in Modern India and Early Modern England \u003ci\u003eJonathan Gil Harris (Ashoka University, India)\u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019650498903,"sku":"9781350318472","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350318472.jpg?v=1750780907","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/early-modern-liveness-9781350318472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}