A Cultural History of Theatre in the Early Modern Age

Book Overview

For both producers and consumers of theatre in the early modern era, art was viewed as a social rather than an individual activity. Emerging in the context of new capitalistic modes of production, the birth of the nation state and the rise of absolute monarchies, theatre also proved a highly mobile medium across geolinguistic boundaries. This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135027769X
• ISBN13: 9781350277694
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"