ABSTRACT

The essays in Staging the Renaissance show the theatre to be the site of a rich confluence of cultural forces, the place where social meanings are both formed and transformed. The volume unites some of the most challenging issues in contemporary Renaissance studies and some of our best-known critics, including Stephen Orgel, Margaret Ferguson, Cath

part |2 pages

Part I The Conditions of Playing

chapter 3|13 pages

Playing and Power

chapter 9|5 pages

What is a Text?

part |2 pages

Part II The Plays

chapter 22|12 pages

Italians and Others THE WHITE DEVIL (1612)