Gaming the Stage : Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater /

Rich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In the first book-length exploration of gaming in the early modern period, Gina Bloom shows that th...

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Hovedforfatter: Bloom, Gina (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Serier:Theater--theory/text/performance.
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