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Book Synopsis
This richly illustrated book surveys representations of the stage and acting from manuscript illuminations, stained glass, sculpture, woodcarving, wall paintings, and the woodcuts that appear in playbooks produced by the first English printers.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
The Roman Theater in Britain
Ceremonies and Liturgical Plays
Pageants and Processional Staging
Places to See the Plays
Illustrated Manuscript Playbooks
Fools and Other Entertainers
Minstrels
Illustrations in Printed Playbooks
Appendix: Early Elizabethan Theaters and the Rose
Notes
Index

Illustrations of the Stage and Acting in England

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      Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/1991
      ISBN13: 9780918720474, 978-0918720474
      ISBN10: 918720478

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This richly illustrated book surveys representations of the stage and acting from manuscript illuminations, stained glass, sculpture, woodcarving, wall paintings, and the woodcuts that appear in playbooks produced by the first English printers.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Preface
      The Roman Theater in Britain
      Ceremonies and Liturgical Plays
      Pageants and Processional Staging
      Places to See the Plays
      Illustrated Manuscript Playbooks
      Fools and Other Entertainers
      Minstrels
      Illustrations in Printed Playbooks
      Appendix: Early Elizabethan Theaters and the Rose
      Notes
      Index

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