Transnational Mobilities in Early Modern Theater

Download or read book Transnational Mobilities in Early Modern Theater written by Professor Robert Henke and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume investigate English, Italian, Spanish, German, and Czech early modern theatre, placing Shakespeare and his English contemporaries in the theatrical contexts of early modern Europe. Contributors examine the movement of theatrical units, genres, performance practices and dramatic texts across geo-linguistic borders. Mobility is examined from both material and symbolic angles, revealing a tension between transnational movement and resistance to border-crossing. .