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A Theater of the Senses: A Cultural History of Theatrical Effects in Early-Modern England (2013)

Florida State University
Boehrer, Bruce
Crew, Robert
Boehrer, Bruce
Taylor, Gary
Crew, Robert
Spiller, Elizabeth
Taylor, Gary
Publication date: 2013
Language: English

ISBN: 9781303432453

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Advisor: Spiller, Elizabeth; Committee Members: Boehrer, Bruce, Taylor, Gary, Crew, Robert.
Physical Details: 178 pp.

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Performance; demonstration Science and literature Experiments and experimentation Technology and theater Early modern England Shakespeare, William

New or evolving stage technologies such as squibs, cranes, pulleys, cannons, trap doors, and other apparatuses all contributed to the rise in popularity of what I refer to as an effects-driven "theater of the senses" in early-modern England. Early modern theater and science shared a common interest in the performance of effects. The performance of these effects elevated the role of the senses in both theater and experimental culture. While demonstrating the diverse ways in which technology was employed on the early-modern stage (in the works of Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson), A Theater of the Senses argues that the phenomenology of theatrical performance is a crucial context within which we can better understand the experimental culture of the seventeenth century.

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Description Cited in Dissertation Abstracts International-A 75/01(E), Jul 2014. Proquest Document ID: 1448271156.

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