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With emphasis on the distinctive effects possible on the Elizabethan stage and the evidence concerning stagecraft found in the late morality plays, Dessen focuses on theatrical techniques not readily apparent to the eye of the modern reader. He stresses that, to appreciate the richness of Elizabethan drama, the modern reader must bring to the text the interpretive skills of the critic, the theatrical point of view of the director, and the cont...

Explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Alan Dessen examines the pluses and minuses of directors' rescripting or rewrighting of Shakespeare's playtexts.

Alan Dessen examines the pluses and minuses of directors' rescripting or rewrighting of Shakespeare's playtexts.

Explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

In this rigorous investigation of the staging of Shakespeare's plays, Alan Dessen wrestles with three linked questions: (1) what did a playgoer at the original production actually see? (2) how can we tell today? and (3) so what? His emphasis is upon images and on-stage effects (e.g. the sick-chair, early entrances, tomb scenes) easily obscured or eclipsed today. Basing his analysis on the 600 English professional plays performed before 1642, D...

Alan Dessen reconstructs the stage in the Elizabethan era from scrutinising four hundred manuscripts.

In this rigorous investigation of the staging of Shakespeare's plays, Alan Dessen wrestles with three linked questions: (1) what did a playgoer at the original production actually see? (2) how can we tell today? and (3) so what? His emphasis is upon images and on-stage effects (e.g. the sick-chair, early entrances, tomb scenes) easily obscured or eclipsed today. Basing his analysis on the 600 English professional plays performed before 1642, D...