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- Title
Staging, Playing, Pyrotechnics and Magic: Conventions of Performance in Early English Theatre by Philip Butterworth (review).
- Authors
Worthen, W. B.
- Abstract
"Staging, Playing, Pyrotechnics and Magic: Conventions of Performance in Early English Theatre" by Philip Butterworth is a collection of essays that explores the technological aspects of medieval English theater. The book provides detailed accounts of the tools, props, costumes, and special effects used in performances, as well as the social and cultural context in which they were created. Butterworth also discusses the reconstruction of medieval theater in modern times and its value as a research and teaching tool. The book offers a rigorous and sensitive examination of the material and human aspects of medieval performance.
- Subjects
FIREWORKS; PAGEANTS; STREET vendors; FASTS &; feasts
- Publication
Technology & Culture, 2024, Vol 65, Issue 1, p424
- ISSN
0040-165X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/tech.2024.a920564