Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23497412 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiffany Stern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 350 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199229727.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W1496164069 |
| ISBN | 9780199229727 |
| Open Library | OL9853798M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Attention is often given to the performance of a text, but not to the shaping process behind that performance. The question of rehearsal is seldom confronted directly, though important textual moments — like revision — are often attributed to it. What is more, up until now, facts about theatrical rehearsal have been considered irrecoverable. In this groundbreaking new study, the author gathers together two centuries' worth of historical material which shows how actors received and responded to their parts, and how rehearsal affected the creation and revision of plays. This is the first history of the subject, from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth. It examines the nature and changing content of rehearsal, drawing on a mass of autobiographical, textual, and journalistic sources, and in so doing throws new light on textual revision and transforms accepted notions of Renaissance, Restoration, and eighteenth-century theatrical practice.
18th-century theatre · acting practice · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Literature · Renaissance theatre · Restoration theatre · Shakespeare · Sheridan · Subject (documents) · textual revision · The Renaissance · theatre history · theatre rehearsal · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Philippine History and Culture · Renaissance Literature and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Theatre and Performance Studies · 1500-1700 · 1564-1616 · 18th century · Acting & Auditioning · Drama · Early modern · England · English drama · English drama, history and criticism · English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh · Great britain · History and criticism · Performing Arts · Plays · Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries · Shakespeare studies & criticism · Shakespeare, william, stage history · Stage history · Theater · Theater rehearsals · Theatre, drama · William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |