| Turks, Repertories, and the Early Modern English Stage 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Hutchings, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137462620 ISBN-13: 9781137462626 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.309 |
| LCCN: 2017953778 |
| Series: Early Modern Literature in History |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.03 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book considers the relationship between the vogue for putting the Ottoman Empire on the English stage and the repertory system that underpinned London playmaking. The sheer visibility of 'the Turk' in plays staged between 1567 and 1642 has tended to be interpreted as registering English attitudes to Islam, as articulating popular perceptions of Anglo-Ottoman relations, and as part of a broader interest in the wider world brought home by travellers, writers, adventurers, merchants, and diplomats. Such reports furnished playwrights with raw material which, fashioned into drama, established 'the Turk' as a fixture in the playhouse. But it was the demand for plays to replenish company repertories to attract London audiences that underpinned playmaking in this period. Thus this remarkable fascination for the Ottoman Empire is best understood as a product of theatre economics and the repertory system, rather than taken directly as a measure of cultural and historical engagement. |