1st Edition
From Playtext to Performance on the Early Modern Stage How Did They Do It?
Introduction
Part I: Pre-Performance
Chapter 1: Evidence and Theories
Chapter 2: Rehearsal Reconsidered
Part II: In-Performance
Chapter 3: Pronouns in Action
Chapter 4: Uncued Actions
Chapter 5: Staging Asides
Chapter 6: Dumb Shows on Stage
Chapter 7: Doubling and Disguise
Chapter 8: Large Properties Off and On Stage
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Leslie Thomson, professor Emeritus of English at the University of Toronto, has published widely on various aspects of early modern stage directions and staging. She is co-author (with Alan C. Dessen) of A Dictionary of Stage Directions in English Drama, 1580–1642 and editor of Anything for a Quiet Life, in The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton. Her book, Discoveries on the Early Modern Stage: Contexts and Conventions, was published in 2018.
