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Description

1. viii, 96 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. "The focus of this book falls less on performance and more, as its title suggests, on how the playtext may be approached from a theatrical viewpoint. In the theatre, the playtext, addressed traditionally to the theatre professional rather than the average reader, is usually read by the company at an initial stage in the production of a play. Some directors/actors may even favour spending numerous sessions reading the text. The process by which this type of reading 'opens' the text, which differs from a literary reading of the text, must be of interest when reading plays in the academy and, in particular, with reference to Theatre Studies.
2. The result of such an analysis gives new insights into the theatrical text and the playwright's coded directions as to how to translate its content from page to stage."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 194

Uniform title

1. Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 194.

Subject

1. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681 > Dramatic production
2. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
3. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
4. Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635
5. Tirso de Molina
6. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
7. 1500-1700
8. Spanish drama > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
9. 18.32 Spanish literature
10. 24.12 drama direction, technique and acting
11. Spanish drama > Classical period
12. Theater
13. Toneel
14. Tijdgenoten

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Reading seventeenth-century religiosity: scholarly reverentiality versus theatrical practice -- Reading genre: Calderón's devotional comedy -- Reading character -- Reading aperture -- Reading closure.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [87]-93) and index.