Book in the Age of Theater, 1550-1750; Author: Norman, Larry F.; Paperback

Author: Norman, Larry F.
Paperback; 34 Halftones
72 pages
Published: November 2002
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0943056276
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After the construction of the first permanent theater buildings since Antiquity in mid sixteenth -century Italy, drama triumphed throughout Europe, especially in seventeenth-century France,Golden Age Spain, and Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Restoration England. How did the growth of the book industry interact with the evolution of the theater? This exhibition catalog addesses the questionby exploring the relationship between performance and printing, viewing Renaissance and Baroque theater as a unique intersection of social spectacle and literary activity.How did the growth of the book industry interact with the evolution of the theatre? This exhibition catalogue explores the relationship between performance and printing, viewing Renaissance and Baroque theatre as a unique intersection of social spectacle and literary activities.