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Author Dessen, Alan C., 1935-

Title Recovering Shakespeare's theatrical vocabulary / Alan C. Dessen.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  792.9 D475R    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 283 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-268) and index.
Contents The problem, the evidence, and the language barrier -- Lost in translation -- Interpreting without a dictionary -- Juxtapositions -- Theatrical italics -- Sick chairs and sick thrones -- Much virtue in as -- The vocabulary of 'place' -- 'Romeo opens the tomb' -- Vanish and vanishing -- Conclusion: so what?
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
Theater -- Production and direction -- England -- Terminology.
English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Semantics.
Drama -- Technique -- Terminology.
Stage directions -- History.
Indexed Term English drama Production (Arts)
ISBN 0521470803 hardback
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