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This is a study of the role of disguise devices in early modern English drama that focuses on the theatrical or material performance of spectacle of disguise, which Hyland (early modern literature and drama, U. of Western Ontario, Canada) argues other scholars have tended to neglect in favor of looking through the performance of disguise to its social or metaphorical meanings. He presents a catalog of disguise plays and devices, including many obscure...

In this work of scholarship and creativity, John Meagher argues that we have understood Shakespeare incorrectly by failing to recognize his own directions as playwright, his dramatic designs, his plotting and use of sources, the deployment of his acting company, and the character of his customary stage and audience. In short, we have not been exposed to Shakespeare's Shakespeare, but to Shakespeare as read and acted according to norms of critics,...

This book examines the areas of plays that are dependent upon the art of the theatre and the fluidity of interpretation to which this gives rise.

Best friends Arlo and Robby are almost identical in what they wear, what they like, and even where they have teeth missing, but when Robby insists on betting on who is going to lose the next tooth their friendship is endangered.

As the popularity of the theatre exploded in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, so debates about its effects on audiences grew more and more heated. 'Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook' brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the theatre.

What was worn on the Shakespearean stage and how were articles of apparel understood when seen by contemporary audiences? Considering religious writings, paintings, woodcuts, plays, sermons, and legal documents of early modern England, Lublin investigates what theatregoers actually saw on the bodies of Shakespearean actors.