Materializing the East in Early Modern English Drama

Author:   Murat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey) ,  Aisha Hussain (University of Salford, UK) ,  Professor Douglas Bruster (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Professor Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781350300491


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   31 October 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Despite the popularity of plays about the East, the representation of the East in early modern drama has been either overlooked, marginalized as footnotes or generalized into stereotypes. Materializing the East in Early Modern English Drama focuses on the multi-layered, often conflicting and changing perceptions of the East and how dramatic works made use of their respective theatrical space to represent the concept of the East in drama. This volume re-examines the (mis)representation of the East on the early modern English outdoor and indoor stage and broadens our understanding of early modern theatrical productions beyond Shakespeare and the European continent. It traces the origin of conventional depictions of the East to university dramas and explores how they influenced the commercial stage. Chapters uncover how conflicting representations of the East were communicated on stage through the material aspects of stage architecture, costumes and performance effects. The collection emphasizes these material aspects of dramatic performances and showcases neglected plays, including George Salterne’s Tomumbeius, Robert Greene's The Historie of Orlando Furioso and Joseph Simons' Leo the Armenian, and puts them in conversation with William Shakespeare's The Tempest and John Fletcher's The Island Princess.

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Author:   Murat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey) ,  Aisha Hussain (University of Salford, UK) ,  Professor Douglas Bruster (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Professor Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   The Arden Shakespeare
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350300491


ISBN 10:   1350300497
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   31 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Murat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey) and Aisha Hussain (University of Salford, UK) Part I. Civility, Commonality, and the Classics 1. Materializing Mamluks and Turks in Salterne’s Tomumbeius Murat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey) 2. Cultural and Celestial Representations in Goffe’s The Courageous Turk Daniel Blank (Durham University, UK) 3. Byzantines in English Jesuit Drama: Performing Joseph Simons’ Leo the Armenian Mark Chambers (Durham University, UK) and Johnny Ignacio (Durham University, UK) Part II. Costume, Space, and Place 4. Dramatising Borders and Behaviours of the Eastern ‘Other’ in Greene’s Alphonsus and Orlando Furioso Aisha Hussain (University of Salford, UK) 5. Staging a Multicultural World in Daborne’s A Christian Turned Turk Hana Ferencová (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) Part III. Sight, Smell, and Blood 6. ‘Seat of Merchandise’: Staging Indian Trade in The Triumphs of Honour and Industry Lubaaba Al-Azami (University of Liverpool, UK) 7. Scent of the Orient: The King’s Men and the Corporatization of Smell Nour El Gazzaz (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) 8. Fat Falstaffs and Sullied Flesh in Dryden’s Amboyna Marianne Montgomery (East Carolina University, USA) Afterword: Journeys into the ‘Orient’ Jyotsna G. Singh (Michigan State University, USA) Notes Bibliography Index

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Aisha Hussain is a PhD candidate at the University of Salford, UK. Murat Ögütcü is Associate Professor and is currently working at Adiyaman University, Turkey.

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