Early modern theatre was a visual matter, even if the authors wrote plays which were mainly meant to be read. But whether they wrote their plays to have them performed or not, authors could use comedies, tragicomedies or tragedies to influence public opinion, to make a statement…
Early modern theatre was a visual matter, even though the authors wrote plays which were mainly meant to be read. But whether they wrote their plays to have them performed or not, authors could use comedies, tragi-comedies or tragedies to influence public opinion, to make a stat…
This collection of essays by international scholars focuses on the vernacular urban culture of the Chambers of Rhetoric in the Low Countries of the 15th and 16th centuries. The volume sets the Rhetoricians' drama in the cultural life of the provinces during a period dominated by…