Open AccessIntroduction: Rethinking Performance in Early Modern England
Author(s) -
Emily Mayne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
early theatre
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-7609
pISSN - 1206-9078
DOI - 10.12745/et.23.2.4388
Subject(s) - drama , performance studies , early modern english , early modern period , early modern europe , early modern literature , literature , history , theatre studies , performance art , art , visual arts , classics , art history , sociology , archaeology , anthropology
This Early Theatre ‘Issues in Review’ explores concepts of ‘performance’ in late medieval and early modern England. Responding to current work on drama, festivity and spectatorship, and to the ongoing editorial project Records of Early English Drama (REED), essays address questions such as: what constitutes performance in pre-modern contexts? where, and in what types of texts, can evidence of medieval and early modern performance be located? and what can rethinking ideas of performance and sources do for critical understanding of medieval and early modern culture and drama?
[Please note this Abstract and Title are for the whole 'Issues in Review'.]