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Book SynopsisList of Illustrations Series Introduction: Redefining British Theatre History Notes on Contributors Introduction: A View from the Stage; S.Orgel PART I: QUESTIONS OF EVIDENCE Henslowe's Rose/Shakespeare's Globe; R.A.Foakes Masks, Mimes and Miracles: Medieval English Theatricality and its Illusions; R.Beadle Theatre without Drama: Reading REED ; P.Holland PART II: INTERROGATING DATA A New Theater Historicism; A.Gurr Staging Evidence; A.B.Dawson PART III: WHAT IS A PLAY? Drama in the Archives: Recognizing Medieval Plays; C.Sponsler E/loco/com/motion; B.R.Smith Re-patching the Play; T.Stern PART IV: WOMEN'S WORK Slanderous Aesthetics and the Woman Writer: The Case of Hole v. White; C.Sale Labors Lost: Women's Work and Early Modern Theatrical Commerce; N.Korda The Sharer and His Boy: Rehearsing Shakespeare's Women; S.McMillin Index
Trade Review'Compellingly readable essays.' - Laurie Maguire, Times Higher Education Supplement
'...the-after history of early modern England is a field rich with possibilities, and From Script to Stage is a valuable and provocative invitiation to continue and reshape the discipline.' - Sixteenth Century Journal
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Introduction: Redefining British Theatre History Notes on Contributors Introduction: A View from the Stage; S.Orgel PART I: QUESTIONS OF EVIDENCE Henslowe's Rose/Shakespeare's Globe; R.A.Foakes Masks, Mimes and Miracles: Medieval English Theatricality and its Illusions; R.Beadle Theatre without Drama: Reading REED ; P.Holland PART II: INTERROGATING DATA A New Theater Historicism; A.Gurr Staging Evidence; A.B.Dawson PART III: WHAT IS A PLAY? Drama in the Archives: Recognizing Medieval Plays; C.Sponsler E/loco/com/motion; B.R.Smith Re-patching the Play; T.Stern PART IV: WOMEN'S WORK Slanderous Aesthetics and the Woman Writer: The Case of Hole v. White; C.Sale Labors Lost: Women's Work and Early Modern Theatrical Commerce; N.Korda The Sharer and His Boy: Rehearsing Shakespeare's Women; S.McMillin Index
