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OverviewTheatre is the most ephemeral of art forms. It is a truism that the ephemeral performance text is divorced from the static published play text. This Element is of the eighteenth-century performance history of The Fair Penitent demonstrates the interrelation of print and performance and models how readers can recover elements of performance through close attention to text. Traces of performance adhere to the mediascape in playbills and puffs, reviews and accounts. The printed text also preserves traces of performance in notation and illustration. By analysing traces found in performance trends, casting decisions, publication histories and repertory intertexts, this Element recovers how The Fair Penitent was interpreted at different points in the century and explains how a play that bombed in its first season could become a repertory staple. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elaine McGirr (University of Bristol)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009485968ISBN 10: 1009485962 Pages: 84 Publication Date: 21 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introducing the fair penitent; 2. A tragedy Reviv'd: celebrity casting and Shakespearean intertexts; 3. 'The Calista Mr. Rowe drew': picturing performance; 4. Female lotharios and the power of repertory; Appendix A: the fair penitent 1703–1800 London performance calendar; Bibliography.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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