Eric Dunnum

Unruly Audiences and the Theater of Control in Early Modern London (eBook, ePUB)

Controlling the Unruly Playgoer in Early Modern Drama

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Unruly Audiences and the Theater of Control in Early Modern London explores the effects of audience riots on the dramaturgy of early modern playwrights, arguing that playwrights from Marlowe to Brome often used their plays to control the physical reactions of their audience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351252638
• Artikelnr.: 57762355

Autorenporträt

Eric Dunnum is an Assistant Professor of English at Campbell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Alterity of Early Modern Audiences
Chapter 1: Audience Response to Performance: Fear of Riots, Closures and
Unruly Playgoers
Chapter 2: Performance's Response to Audience: The Relationship among
Audience, Performance and Reality
Chapter 3: Fictional Audience's Responses to Fictional Performances: The
Didactic Role of Metadrama
Chapter 4: Unstable Texts, Active Readers; Stable Performances,
Non-Reactive Playgoers
Chapter 5: Anti-Mimetic Drama: Performance's Relationship to Reality and
the Playgoer's Interpretive Agency
Coda: Return to Malfi: The Secrecy of Performance and the Consequences of
Constructing Playgoing