From Performance to Print in Shakespeare's England

by Peter Holland (Editor), Stephen Orgel (Editor)

What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection of essays considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, examining a wide variety of cases, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet.

Genres: Shakespeare

282 pages, Hardcover

First published March 17, 2006

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

While there doesn't seem to be a unified theme to this book, beyond the very vague one of the relationship between Print and Performance in Shakespeare's England (and even Germany), every chapter (indeed pretty much every page) is thought-provoking and insight-providing.

A lot of stuff we think we know about Renaissance drama, and its relationship to the printed page, is simply untrue, and this book shows that. If you're interested in Renaissance drama, you will find this book fascinating.