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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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Theater--theory/text/performance.
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Gaming history
- Cards : imperfect information and male friendship
- Backgammon : space and scopic dominance
- Chess : performative history and dynastic marriage.