| Disguise on the Early Modern English Stage Contributor(s): Hyland, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 075464152X ISBN-13: 9780754641520 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 792.026 |
| LCCN: 2010052535 |
| Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.95 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Disguise devices figure in many early modern English plays, and an examination of them clearly affords an important reflection on the growth of early theatre as well as on important aspects of the developing nation. In this study Peter Hyland considers a range of practical issues related to the performance of disguise. He goes on to examine various conceptual issues that provide a background to theatrical disguise (the relation of self and other, the meaning of mask and performance). He looks at many disguise plays under three broad headings. He considers moral issues (the almost universal association of disguise with evil); social issues (sumptuary legislation, clothing, and the theatre, and constructions of class, gender and national or racial identity); and aesthetic issues (disguise as an emblem of theatre, and the significance of disguise for the dramatic artist). The study serves to examine the significant ways in which disguise devices have been used in early modern drama in England. |