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The player’s game : the activity of the player in early modern drama
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Purcell, Stephen (2021) The player’s game : the activity of the player in early modern drama. In: Bloom, Gina and Bishop, Tom and Lin, Erika T., (eds.) Games and Theatre in Shakespeare’s England. The Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press. (Submitted)
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Abstract
In Medieval England, games and plays were cognate activities. By Shakespeare’s time, “games” seem to have become a category distinct from drama, but the persistence of the term “player” suggests that theatrical performance was still considered a form of ludic activity. This essay historicises the term “game”, thinking about the meanings of the word available to the early modern player and the ways in which those meanings are both similar to and different from those available to modern actors and directors. It then examines game-like practice at the modern Shakespeare’s Globe, considering the extent to which the contemporary experiment allows us any kind of insight into the early modern dramaturgy of the “game”.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Amsterdam University Press | ||||
Place of Publication: | The Netherlands | ||||
Book Title: | Games and Theatre in Shakespeare’s England | ||||
Editor: | Bloom, Gina and Bishop, Tom and Lin, Erika T. | ||||
Official Date: | 2021 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Submitted |
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