"This is a study of the dramatic use, treatment, and staging of performed 'discoveries' - actions which the theatre is uniquely able to exploit visually and exp

This study of the action of discovery as plot device, visual motif, and thematic trope on the early modern stage considers an important and popular performance

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions. This study encourages a new recognition and tr

Early Modern Theatricality brings together some of the most innovative critics in the field to examine the many conventions that characterized early modern thea

Analyzing Elizabethan and Jacobean playtexts for their spatial implications, this innovative study discloses the extent to which the resources and constraints o