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Theatre of the book, 1480-1880 : print, text, and performance in Europe

This title explores the impact of printing on the European theatre, 1480-1880 and demonstrates that far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press played an essential role in the birth of the modern theatre.
Print Book, English, 2003
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003
History
xi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780199262168, 0199262160
60447733
Experimenting on the page, 1480-1630
Drama as institution, 1630-1760
Illustrations, promptbooks, stage texts, 1760-1880
Reinventing "theatre" via the printing press
Critical law, theatrical licence
Accurate texts, authoritative editions
The sense of the senses: sound, gesture, and the body on stage
Narrative form and theatrical illusions
Framing space: time, perspective, and motion in the image
Dramatists, poets, and other scribblers
Who owns the play? Pirate, plagiarist, imitator, thief
Making it public
Scenic pictures
Actor/author
A theatre too much with us
Originally published: 2000