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Spectacular Performances: Essays on Theatre, Imagery, Books, and Selves in Early Modern England
Spectacular Performances Essays on Theatre Imagery Books and Selves in Early Modern England
Author: Stephen Orgel
Why did Queen Elizabeth I compare herself with her disastrous ancestor Richard II? Why would Ben Jonson transform Queen Anne and her ladies into Amazons as entertainment for the pacifist King James? How do the concept of costume as high fashion and as self-fashioning, as disguise and as the very essence of theatre, relate to one other? How do po...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780719081699
ISBN-10: 0719081696
Publication Date: 10/15/2013
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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